How do you define "Middle Class"?

Middle Class is that part of society which is high educated and social active , with good income and property, powerful and efficient working, feeling responsible for the common good.

Thanks Hein. However, I am looking for a well defined objective definition without ambiguity.

Yes, the notion of middle class is murky indeed. As Mark Twain said in a slightly different context, "The researches of many commentators have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that if they continue we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

I think you have to first decide what work you want a conception of middle class to do for you and then just stipulate some set of parameters that might do that particular job, and that you can later fine-tune to achieve more robust results and pursue your more specific concerns. Perhaps don't even use the term "middle class", which already is so tainted with undesirable connotations that might lead to misinterpretation and misunderstanding.

Here are a couple of links that might help:

Yes, dear Dripto Mukhopadhyay, I support the answer of Karl Pfeifer. If you need some reliable background for your question because you need such strict definition to define a sample for own reseach then the normal way is to study introducing books of empiriical methods of social sciences. You can not expect an exact answer if the background of your resarch is not clear; do you prepare investigation - for example - with 3 groups, for instance upper-class, middle-class, lower class, than the criteria of sample grouping differ in comparison with two groups. I recommend to stucy at first models of sample grouping - and not to forget: the problem has its own history! Therefore it is to recommend not only the last edition of any book of research method in sociology, but to see: how have well-known great studies defined "middle" class. However, is your interest only to write over definition concept of "middle-class" in several countries - right! Then you should study the sociogical (research-) textbooks of that countries - and then you may ask also in RG.

Shortly said: There is no worldwide definition of "middle" class in comparision with the equation 1+1=2, as we know,: this is worldwide in the same way usable. Societies in East and West, Nord and South are too different that a worldwide valid definition of "bandwidsth of middle class" can be the same. Many societies have only some leading rich family clans and the majority of the people is poor; there is no or only a very small middle class. Of course in such a complex sitiuation it is your task to construct with well and detailed described reaslons a theoretically firm, but als practical definition in your own project.

Middle Class is considered socially good enough, having a source of good income, educated well and is get affected more by any change in rule of the governance.

the social group between the upper and working classes.

Middle class is a class traditionally intermediate between the aristocracy and the working class.

Midle class is a party of society where its level of life is between rich and poor. It contien the employments.. its the bigest party of society.

Dear Dripto,

Please also have a look at these useful ResearchGate links.

Good luck!

Middle class is that part of the society comprising the educated, working class group whose economic power is in between those of the rich and the poor.

To give the most suitable definition requires knowledge of the research context.

Great contributions

It is great to see lovely answers. Just to provide some information about the background, I have worked on data set of about 3 million households data and about 15 million individuals data. We have also estimated household level income for each household in the data set that I mentioned. For more clarity for researchers not from economic research background, using various statistical measures we estimated number of households as well as total household income at very granular level across more than 10 income groups which is the most robust household income data in India. The purpose of this question was to obtain any concrete response from researchers who has worked on household income data.

It is good to see responses from all of you. Thanks again.

Middle Class refers to a social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business people and their families.

this link is useful

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Agree with Hein Retter

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I agree with Dr.Hein Retter .

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