Education and Class

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What social classes are there in society?
poor
middle class
upper class
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What characterises social class?
what job they are in
what house they live in
what cars they have
how much money they have
hobbies
any holidays
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Why is it difficult to operationalise social class as a measurement?
there are so many different variables like income, wealth, power, status, lifestyle, gender etc
Occupation can be identified as the single most useful indicator of social class as it provides income and gives a recognised status and power that can define
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Why do sociologists use occupations as a measure for social difference?
simple and quick to obtain
occupation related to important social differences like fashion, accent, education, health
people often link their class identity to their job
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What is wealth disparity?
the distribution of wealth, the difference between the richest and the poorest groups of society
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Where is the UK ranking in terms of income disparity and index of child wellbeing?
it has very high income inequality and very low child wellbeing
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What are some facts about the terms of income disparity and index of child well being?
when the wealth disparity reduces the child well being is so much better
the happiest places where the highest levels of child well being is the areas that have the lower disparities they have lower numbers of income inequality
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What was the proof about the employment rate?
you have a better chance of jobs if you have a degree or equivalent compared to no qualifications at all
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What was the proof about the gross weekly earnnings?
much more likely to earn less if you do not have any qualifications
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What was the proof about having an attainment of 5 or more GCSEs a*-c grade?
if attained 5 or more GCSEs at A*-C grade then more likely to go into better jobs like managerial and professional
if did not get the GCSEs needed then unskilled or other jobs like retail workers would be what those people are looking at
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What are the 6 most important aspects of the profile of children who are most likely to be low educational achievers in England are?
with parents who have low or now qualifications
attending a school with a high rate of free school meal eligibility
male
from a low socio-economic background
having many siblings
attending a state school rather than an independant school
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What are seen as 4 of the main characteristics of truanting pupils?
having parents with low skilled jobs
living in council houses
from poor backgrounds
older
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What was the proportion of white working class boys who got 5 A*-C GCSEs last year?
and
What was the proportion of white middle class boys who got 5 A*-C GCSEs last year?
15%

45%
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what house they live in
what cars they have
how much money they have
hobbies
any holidays

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