Social Class - What are you?

Seen this on the news earlier.

'Traditional British social divisions of upper, middle and working class seem out of date in the 21st Century, no longer reflecting modern occupations or lifestyles.


The BBC teamed up with sociologists from leading universities to analyse the modern British class system. They surveyed more than 161,000 people and came up with a new model made up of seven groups.'

I have mixed opinions on social class systems, I don't like the stereotypes it brings with each class but i do like the way it is used in government (e.g taxes - working class: lesser taxes, upper class: upper taxes etc and the use of benefits).

Heres a quick calculator thing BBC had posted to get your results on the new class system: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973
Also there is the original research test here: https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/class/

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My Quick Test was:

Emergent service workers


This class group is financially insecure, scoring low for savings and house value, but high for social and cultural factors. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:


- Are young
- Enjoy a cultured social life
- Rent their home - almost 90%

My experiment results were:

You scored 60/100 for economic capital
Your financial resources are about the same as the average person in the UK. Find out more below.


You scored 100/100 for social capital
Your social network is wider than the average person in the UK. Find out more below.


You scored 100/100 for cultural capital
Your range of cultural interests is broader than the average person in the UK. Find out more below.

I think its quite an interesting subject, as the class system has been labelled down in history for centuries.

I got 'New affluent workers', but I must say the class system is lost on me...

I ticked Chief executive on people you know socially because I spoke to paul lafontaine on twitter :)

Established middle class, apparently. Interesting how they've incorporated sociocultural factors as well as the traditional economic :O It's not exactly accurate though since I'm in a different class to my family and if I edit the financial stuff to me personally then I'm traditional working class.

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Originally Posted by Kyle

I ticked Chief executive on people you know socially because I spoke to paul lafontaine on twitter :)

Established middle class, apparently. Interesting how they've incorporated sociocultural factors as well as the traditional economic :O It's not exactly accurate though since I'm in a different class to my family and if I edit the financial stuff to me personally then I'm traditional working class.

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I think i did the same actually :$. Yeah, it is really interesting. I like this new class system, but its a lot simpler with the standard 3

Established Middle Class although the part where you tick what kind of people you socialise with, I didn't know to what degree it means lol.

Will

Emergent service workers

This class group is financially insecure, scoring low for savings and house value, but high for social and cultural factors. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

• Are young
• Enjoy a cultured social life
• Rent their home - almost 90%

me and my family are low working class through and through and im not ashamed to admit it like many others.

YOUR RESULTS


You scored 43/100 for economic capital
Your financial resources are about the same as the average person in the UK. Find out more below.


You scored 70/100 for social capital
Your social network is wider than the average person in the UK. Find out more below.


You scored 20/100 for cultural capital
Your range of cultural interests is narrower than the a

Well that's not surprising

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Result: the class group you most closely match is:


Traditional working class


This class group scores low for economic, social and cultural factors, but they do have some financial security. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:


Own their own home
Are older
Tend to mix socially with people similar to themselves

Traditional working class

This class group scores low for economic, social and cultural factors, but
they do have some financial security. According to the Great British Class
Survey results, lots of people in this group:

• Own their own home
  
• Are older
  
• Tend to mix socially with people similar to themselves

Not ashamed to admit it either.

My family did this yesterday and my mum/stepdad got new affluent workers but I got established middle class which is like 2 stages different or something, the whole thing is pretty ridiculous though since it basically equates having a wide taste in music to being a lord

Precariat

This is the poorest and most deprived class group. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

• Tend to mix socially with people like themselves
• Come from a working class background
• Rent their home - over 80%

Result: the class group you most closely match is:

Technical middle class

This is a small, distinctive and prosperous new class group. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

Mix socially with people similar to themselves
Work in research, science and technical fields
Enjoy emerging culture such as going to the gym and using social media

Laughs at the bold, never been . Tbh wouldnt mind going hmm

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Originally Posted by Intersocial

going to the gym

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hahahahahahaaa

ngl this isn't going to be fully correct for me as I just exchange-rated the costs and stuff but I got Established middle class and it seems plausible

I got the same resulst as Jazz :O

tech middle is where all the cool people hang out.

It's a bit silly anyway. It doesn't ask which supermarket you shop at or which newspaper you read.

Technical middle class

This is a small, distinctive and prosperous new class group. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

• Mix socially with people similar to themselves
• Work in research, science and technical fields
• Enjoy emerging culture such as going to the gym and using social media

Fair enough? :L

I'm an elite apparently...

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Originally Posted by GoldenMerc

I'm an elite apparently...

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Well that's wrong :L

Without using that stupid thing, I'm the lowest I guess.

All my family work, I work, live with parents. Knowing people doesn't mean you are that person.

Result: the class group you most closely match is:


Traditional working class


This class group scores low for economic, social and cultural factors, but they do have some financial security. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:


• Own their own home
• Are older
• Tend to mix socially with people similar to themselves

I am an established middle class lol. Found it hard to answer to the money-related questions as I'm only 16, though.

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Originally Posted by Empired

I am an established middle class lol. Found it hard to answer to the money-related questions as I'm only 16, though.

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I imagine everyone here is answering based on their households (ie parents) income. Otherwise we would all be paupers.

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Originally Posted by Marketing

I imagine everyone here is answering based on their households (ie parents) income. Otherwise we would all be paupers.

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Yeah, that's what I did. But I had to guess for some of it because it would be a bit awkward to just ask them for their annual income and stuff :L

i got established middle class

I got established middle class ;P

My mum did too but then she redid and somehow ended up with traditional working class then redid again and was established middle class again shows how stupid the way it works is tbh lmao

Emergent service workers

This class group is financially insecure, scoring low for savings and house value, but high for social and cultural factors. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

• Are young
• Enjoy a cultured social life
• Rent their home - almost 90%

Financially insecure..you can say that again. Broke is another way of putting it.