this sector comprises the bulk of the belizean population and is popularly known as the grass roots or roots class. it, too, is stratified by occupation and ethnicity. the lower sector consists of unskilled or semiskilled urban workers, subsistence farmers, agricultural laborers, and the unemployed. these people share, in addition to poverty and generally poor living conditions, severely limited access to land, higher education, or any other opportunity to change their marginal status. possibilities for mobility are a main dividing line between the middle and lower sectors of belizean society.