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The middle class is characterized as a productive group that usually lead to change and improve productivity, and this group usually shares some characteristics such as level of education, social and political behavior, and ownership of productive assets. This study focuses on the analysis of those qualities on the status of the middle class in Jordan. The middle class is characterized by its importance as a source of skilled labor, and purchasing power that stimulates the economy, along with entrepreneurial capabilities, and democratic tendencies that contribute in the development of economic and political life. For the purpose of determining the middle of class, the study follows a methodology that defines the middle class in Jordan as individuals whose expenditure totals between two and four times of the poverty line. Referring to the Middle Class Study 2010, results showed that in 2010 percentage of the middle class population was 29.31% and they earned 37.5% of the total income and spent 42.8% of the total expenditure. The objective of updating this study is to present and analyze data that will assist in formulating policies that aim at widening the middle class in the country. This data provides a clear picture of middle-class status in 2010 and compares it with indicators in 2008, which is the year in which a similar study was conducted following the same methodology, where each of the two studies were conducted based on the household expenditure and income survey for the years 2008-2010. The preparation of the 2013 middle class study will be an update of the results of the previous middle class study, which was done in 2010 in order to monitor and evaluate changes in the middle class status in Jordan between 2010 and 2013, as well as changes in the characteristics of the middle class in the Jordanian society in the Kingdom and to enable the government and policy makers to evaluate the plans and programs and apply strategies that have been developed in the previous years to widen the middle class in Jordan. | 
