Social classification Flashcards
Social classification class 1
Professional and managerial
Social classification class 2
Intermediate
Social classification class 3
Skilled manual and clerical
Social classification class 4
Semi-skilled
Social classification class 5
Unskilled
Social classification class 6
Unemployed
Most common social class traditionally associated with patients with anorexia nervosa - now felt that social class is not associated with anorexia
1 and 2
Typical social class for patients with bipolar disorder
Often lower social class but their family may be of a higher social class
Scoring system used to indicate the social deprivation in a community. Uses census data on things such as percentage of older people living alone, overcrowded dwellings, changes of address in the previous year etc.
Jarman index
Traditional social class given to unemployed married mothers
The social class of their husbands