tut 2 class, gender and health

Question 1

what r the classes in Australia

Answer 1

1. the overclass - Major employers - Very high salaried employees using stock market for future security 2. The middle class: - Highly skilled managers - Professionals - Technicians 3. The working class: – May be full time, part time or casual employees – Blue collar workers – Service industry employees eg hospitality, tourism 4. The underclass – Implies a ‘dual society’ – ‘Cultural & behavioural unity in contemporary experience of poverty’ – ‘Significant distance between cultural and social models of the poor and those of the “mainstream”’ – Some people operating in an ‘internationally competitive and global market’ – Others operating in a ‘low-value-added national economy’ – Unemployed, under-employed, very insecurely employed – Work-poor households 5. The homeless class 2006- Census 104,676 people Rate 53 per 10,000. 3 categories of homeless- 1. Primary- all without conventional (safe&secure) accommodation- those who sleep in parks, cars & live on the streets. 2. Secondary-those who move frequently from one form of temporary accommodation to another-bordering houses on a short term basis, residing with family/friends, as no place of their own-defined as 12 weeks or less. 3. Tertiary-those who live in boarding houses on a medium to long term basis i.e. over 13 weeks.

Question 2

3 categories of homelessn

Answer 2

3 categories of homeless- 1. Primary- all without conventional (safe&secure) accommodation- those who sleep in parks, cars & live on the streets. 2. Secondary-those who move frequently from one form of temporary accommodation to another-bordering houses on a short term basis, residing with family/friends, as no place of their own-defined as 12 weeks or less. 3. Tertiary-those who live in boarding houses on a medium to long term basis i.e. over 13 weeks.

Question 3

overclass

Answer 3

1. the overclass - Major employers - Very high salaried employees using stock market for future security

Question 4

the middle class

Answer 4

2. The middle class: - Highly skilled managers - Professionals - Technicians

Question 5

the working class

Answer 5

3. The working class: – May be full time, part time or casual employees – Blue collar workers – Service industry

Question 6

the underclass

Answer 6

4. The underclass – Implies a ‘dual society’ – ‘Cultural & behavioural unity in contemporary experience of poverty’ – ‘Significant distance between cultural and social models of the poor and those of the “mainstream”’ – Some people operating in an ‘internationally competitive and global market’ – Others operating in a ‘low-value-added national economy’ – Unemployed, under-employed, very insecurely employed – Work-poor households