Family Income by Source
        Percent of Before-tax Family Income by Source, 1989-2010 Surveys

  1989    1992    1995    1998    2001    2004    2007    2010  Income source
------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------------------------------
  65.8    63.0    69.9    68.5    69.3    69.7    64.5    68.1  Wages
  10.9    13.2    11.6    12.8    11.7    10.9    13.6    12.2  Business, farm, self-employment
   8.2     7.7     8.6     8.1     7.8    10.9     9.6    12.0  Social Security or retirement
   6.4     5.2     5.0     4.2     4.2     3.5     3.7     3.6  Interest or dividends
   5.2     1.9     2.6     4.5     5.5     3.2     6.7     0.9  Capital gains
   3.5     9.0     2.3     1.8     1.6     1.8     1.9     3.2  Transfers or other
------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------------------------------
 100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0  Total

Source: 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances, Internal Data, Table 2

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