The shares of adults living in middle-income households fell in many countries in Western Europe % of adults living in middle- income households in1991 and 2010 80 Norway
The fortunes of the middle classes in Western Europe’s largest economies are moving in opposite directions. From 1991 to 2010, the shares of adults living in middle-income households increased in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, but shrank in Germany, Italy and Spain.
The shares of adults living in middle-income  | households fell in many countries in Western Europe  | % of adults living in middle- income households in1991 and 2010  | 82%  | is  | 80 Norway  | 0 79 Netherlands  | 80 Denmark  | 75 75 Luxembourg 760  | 074 France  | 75 Finland  | 72 Finland Germany  | 720  | 63  | a 69 Ireland  | 67 UK  | 67 Intaly  | 64 Spain  | 62  | 61  | 60  | 59 U.S.  | 2010  | 1991  | 2010  | 1991  | Note: Middle-income households havedisposable incomes thatare two-thirds to doublethe  | national median disposal bbe income, after incomes have been adjusted for household size  | national For some median countries disposal the 1991 income, estimates are incomes from the have following been adjusted survey v ears: household Denmark-  | 1992 France 1989, Germany 1989 Ireland 1987 Netherlands 1993 Spain- 1990.  | The 1989 sample for Germa my covers (former) West Germai any only See Methodology for  | details.  | Source: Pew Research Centeranalysis ofdata from the Cross-National Data Centerin  | "Middle Luxembourgilis).  | "Middle Luxembourgilis). Class Fortunes in Westem Europe  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 