Subjective measurement of social class tends to produce an overabundance of people who classify themselves as middle class (thereby understating the number of people who would be more correctly classified as either lower or upper class-the 'fringe' people).

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This is a well-known phenomenon in which many people tend to see themselves as middle class, even if their income or social status would suggest otherwise. This can lead to an underestimation of the number of people who are truly at the upper or lower ends of the social class spectrum.

Subjective Measurement of Social Class Tends to Produce an Overabundance