Class in America: Who Do You Think You Are?

Are you middle-class? For generations, many Americans had a relatively easy time answering that question. But that's changed in recent years, as have their definitions of what it means to be middle-class, and the obstacles to it. That's been especially true since the Great Recession, as job growth has shifted to low-paying fields and the gulf between rich and poor in the United States has widened. It's been compounded as it's become clear that there's no one set definition of class, and that trying to define it is a complicated, thorny task. So what is middle-class, and where do you fit? Take NBC News' quiz to find out.

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