Table 2.

Frequencies of descending/not descending in the social scale as a result of the economic crisis.

Faced with the current economic situation and thinking about your and your family’s situation, do you believe that the economic crisis have made you descend in the social scale?	n	%
1. Yes, I used to be in the upper class, and now I am in the upper-middle class.	2	0.5
2. Yes, I used to be in the upper-middle class, and now I am in the middle class.	61	16.6
3. Yes, I used to be in the middle class, and now I am in the lower-middle class.	82	22.3
4. Yes, I used to be in the lower-middle class, and now I am in the lower class.	18	4.9
5. Yes, I used to be in the lower class, and now I am in a very delicate situation, dreading a fall into poverty.	5	1.4
6. No, the crisis has not made me descend in the social scale.	184	50.1
7. No, the crisis has made me ascend in the social scale.	2	0.5
8. I prefer not to answer.	6	1.6
Not reported.	7	1.9
Personal socioeconomic descent (1–5)	168	45.7
Non-descent (6–7)	186	50.6