The terms "lower class", "working class", "middle class", and "upper class" are frequently used in media. However, the figure above shows that people have very different views about what defines a class. For families earning less than $20,000 per year, 48% of people identified themselves as being working class while only 25% considered themselves as being lower class.
The terms "lower class", "working class", "middle class", and "upper class" are frequently used in media. However, the figure above shows that people have very different views about what defines a class. For families earning less than $20,000 per year, 48% of people identified themselves as being working class while only 25% considered themselves as being lower class.