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The emergent middle class in contemporary South Africa: Examining and comparing rival approaches

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Table 1: Characteristics of classes when categorised based on occupational skill levels, 2008

Table 2: Characteristics of classes when categorised based on vulnerability approach, 2008

Table 3: Characteristics of classes when categorised using the income polarisation approach, 2008

Table 4: Characteristics of classes when categorised using self-reported assessment, 2008

Table 5: Self-reported social class in South Africa, 1995, 2001, 2006 and 2013

Figure 1: Comparing trends in rival approaches for 1993, 2008, 2010 and 2012 (or closest years)

Notes: NIDS 2008, 2010 and 2012; and SA World Values Survey for 1995, 2006 and 2013. We report interpolated WVS values for comparison with the NIDS 2010 estimates.
Figure 1: Comparing trends in rival approaches for 1993, 2008, 2010 and 2012 (or closest years)

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