Social Class - Blaxter and Paterson

Question 0

Who identified social class?

Answer 0

Blaxter and Paterson?

Question 1

What is Social Class?

Answer 1

• General measure obtained by combining occupational groups equal in skill and general standing in the community to form occupational classes
• Can be seen as indirect indicator of education, income, standards of living and working conditions

Question 2

How many social classes are there?

Answer 2

5

• Type 1: Professions (lawyers) and Business (Large employers)
• Type 2: Lesser Professions (Teachers) and Trade (Shopkeepers)
• Type 3: Skilled/Non Manual (Clerk Workers) and Skilled/Manual (Electricians/Lorry Drivers)
• Type 4: Semi skilled/Manual (Farm Workers)
• Type 5: Unskilled Manual (Building Labourers)