Q. Which has more to do with why a person is rich?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Income less than $600 pw |
Income $600-$1,000 pw |
Income $1,000-$1,600 pw |
Income over $1,600 pw |
|
| Because he or she worked harder than others |
28% |
16% |
45% |
14% |
23% |
18% |
24% |
29% |
34% |
||
| Because he or she had more advantages |
56% |
72% |
41% |
69% |
54% |
59% |
63% |
58% |
52% |
||
| Don’t know |
16% |
12% |
14% |
17% |
23% |
23% |
13% |
14% |
14% |
56% think that a person is more likely to be rich because he or she had more advantages and 28% think it is more likely to be because he or she worked harder than others.
Those most likely to think it is because he or she worked harder than others were Liberal/National voters (45%), aged 65+ (37%) and those on incomes over $1,600 pw (34%).
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Australians agree with Wayne Swan – we do have a class-based society with families on $160,000 a year considered “rich”