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Social Class usually comprising of white-collar (non-manual) workers, lower-level managers, and small business owners, often constituting about one-third of the employed population of a country. The income of this class is higher than that of the working-class but lower than that of the upper-middle class (doctors, engineers, lawyers, middle-size business owners) and upper class.
Middle class is a class of people who are middle of social hierarchy.
"Middle Class" is an economic situation where in an Individual or a sect has reasonable Income to take care of bills, certain level of entertainment, education & savings.
India for example is "The fastest growing Middle Class in the World" ....
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The most common meaning associated with "middle-class" seems to be related to the level of income and standard of living. Between the poor and the rich, middle-class seems to be the dominant majority between these two extremes in statistics terms. However, there seems to be other associations with the term "middle-class" that has to do with the position in the society and possibly level of education and culture.
To be middle class you have to own a small business"? - No you do not have to own a small business
"Everyone wants to believe they are middle class...But this eagerness...has led the definition to be stretched like a bungee cord — used to defend/attack/describe everything...The Drum Major Institute...places the range for middle class at individuals making between $25,000 and $100,000 a year. Ah yes, there's a group of people bound to run into each other while house-hunting."
ownership of home, automobile, college education,healthcare, retirment fund and family vacation
tells me person is from middle class
middle class......not RICH not POOR
The socio - economic class between the working class & the upper class. Usually including professionals , highly skilled labourers & lower & middle level management..
The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class. The common measures of what constitutes middle class vary significantly among cultures.
middle class is social class usually comprising of white collar non manual<workers lower level
