RG Scale & NS-SEC
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- Created on: 07-04-22 12:30
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- Stratification and differentiation
- Measure social class through occupation
- THE REGISTRAR GENERALS SCALE
- (RG SCALE) 1901-2001
- CLASS
- Class I (professional)
- Class II (intermediate)
- Class III skilled (non-manual and manual)
- Class IV (semi-skilled)
- Class V (unskilled)
- Class IV (semi-skilled)
- Class III skilled (non-manual and manual)
- Class II (intermediate)
- Class I (professional)
- CLASS
- TYPICAL OCCUPATION
- Accountants, dentists, doctors, lawyears
- Actors, airline pilots, MPs, teachers
- (NM) bank clerks, police officers (M) bus drivers, miner
- farm labourers, bar staff, gardeners
- builders, ticket collectors, chimney sweeps
- farm labourers, bar staff, gardeners
- (NM) bank clerks, police officers (M) bus drivers, miner
- Actors, airline pilots, MPs, teachers
- Accountants, dentists, doctors, lawyears
- Criticisms of RG SCALE
- Hard to compare to current statistics
- Inaccurate (certain occupations have changed social status over time)
- Some occupations have become deskilled or disappeared
- it ignores unemployed
- (RG SCALE) 1901-2001
- National Statistics socio-economic classification (NS-SEC) 2001- now
- Recognises women as distinct wage earners
- Considers occupation, income security, chance of promotion & level of authority held
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