The definitions of middle and rich in the report are pretty close to made up. In the latter case, the study literally uses "people who identify as rich".
The study appears to define "middle" as 90% of respondents, which is laughable. Everyone thinks of themselves as middle, no matter how far from the actual middle they are.
The obvious definition would be percentiles of income, or wealth, or other measurable advantage. This would put a lot of readers in an upper class, as which people really don’t like to think of themselves.
The study appears to define "middle" as 90% of respondents, which is laughable. Everyone thinks of themselves as middle, no matter how far from the actual middle they are.
The obvious definition would be percentiles of income, or wealth, or other measurable advantage. This would put a lot of readers in an upper class, as which people really don’t like to think of themselves.