Why a person is rich

Q. Which has more to do with why a person is rich?

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%).

TRENDS: What is “rich”?

Australians agree with Wayne Swan – we do have a class-based society with families on $160,000 a year considered “rich”