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The usual pattern in life: Things once seen as luxuries come to be viewed as necessities. This sequence has been disrupted by the recession, though. Pew Research Center polling finds significant declines since 2006 in the number of people who see some household items as necessities.
The proportion of respondents regarding a car as a necessity has barely changed, from 91 percent in 2006 to 88 percent in the new polling (fielded last month). But there were steep drops for the TV set (from 64 percent to 52 percent), clothes dryer (from 83 percent to 66 percent) and dishwasher (from 35 percent to 21 percent).
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