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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
1. get an education
2. get a career
3. get married
4. have some kids
5. and most importantly, STAY MARRIED!
if you do those 5 things in that exact order, your chances of making it to middle class or higher are probably >95%.
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Maybe up through #3. But if you aren't already in, or on your way to, the middle/upper middle class by #2, then #3 probably won't make much difference. And #4 will absolutely present a setback.
But the best predictor for whether you will end up in the middle class is whether you were born in the middle class.