Evaluate Sociological Explanations put forward for Social Cl

Social class is officially measured by analysing one’s occupation. The Registrar General’s classification defines social class groups as follows;

I. Professional (for example a doctor, a lawyer or an accountant)

II. Intermediate ( for example a manager, a nurse, or a school teacher)

III.N Skilled non-manual ( for example a shop assistant, a secretary, or a clerical worker)

III.M skilled manual (for example a joiner, a bus driver, or a butcher)

IV. Partly skilled (for example a post man, a bus conductor, or a gardener)

V. Unskilled ( for example a cleaner, a labourer, or a dock worker)

(http://www.Nottingham.ac.uk/~ntzst1/dn1/social contexts.htm)

In the UK inequalities in health tend to be measured by comparing morbidity and mortality levels within the above social class groupings. During t

There is no doubt that education plays an essential role in subordinate countries. Many families lack the vital funding necessary to send their children to school and again, those who can afford to educate their children receive only the most elementary of provisions. As a result of this only a very small percentage of these people have any knowledge regarding preventive care such as the importance of contraception or a balanced diet. The standard of education in first world countries is a great deal higher and as a result of this both education and social class are now creating a far less dramatic divide of the social groupings.

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