Social scientists use 3 common methods to define class—by occupation, income, or education—and there is really no consensus about the “right” way to do it. Michael Zweig, a leading scholar in ...

A growing number of middle-class families are struggling to afford the basics of housing, childcare, food, transportation, and healthcare. These cost increases mean that even families classified as ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sherry Linkon, co-director of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University, about the difficulty of defining what "middle class" is today. We asked ...

There's still no clear-cut way to define class in America, because class can be defined by things like education and occupation in addition to income and net worth. Nonetheless, Pew Research Center ...

It seems like a simple question, but it actually has a complicated answer. It depends on how you define "middle class." "It's a sense of security," says Jeffrey Wenger, senior policy researcher at the ...

Middle class status goes beyond income. These seven signs reveal how lifestyle, savings and spending habits really define ...

Inflation and regional cost differences exaggerate the gaps in class status, the AI said. Housing costs, especially, are ...

Who makes up the middle class? Surveys suggest that half to 90 percent of Americans consider themselves members of the economic middle class. These respondents may have annual gross earnings of ...

My long-awaited book, The Chinese Dream: The Rise of the World's Largest Middle Class and What It Means to You, is finally released. Many people asked me how I define the Chinese middle class. Below ...