Sandwich class

Sandwich class

The sandwich class is an informal term used in Singapore [cite news | url = http://www.straitstimes.com/ST+Forum/Story/STIStory_209539.html | date = 2008-02-23 | title = Suffering sandwich class? Hardly | author = Syu Y. K. | format = letter | publisher = The Straits Times] and Hong Kong [cite journal | doi = 10.1332/030557394782453690 | title = Affordability, Home Ownership and the Middle Class Housing Crisis in Hong Kong | year = 1994 | author = Lee, James | journal = Policy & Politics | volume = 22 | pages = 179] to refer to the middle class.

Very generally, the sandwich class is comprised of middle class people who feel "squeezed" — although they are not poor, they are not able to achieve their aspirations as the truly rich do.

ee also

* Sandwich generation
* Sandwich Class Housing Scheme in Hong Kong

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