Values – the Loyalty to workmates Individualism members of A belief in pursuing goals as a A belief in deferred gratification group rather than individually (i.e. planning for the future) each class share similar An emphasis on immediate An image of society as a place gratification (i.e. enjoy yourself where there are opportunities for values: now) individuals who work hard A fatalistic attitude to life believing A belief in joint conjugal roles (i.e. that life chances depend on luck roles of husbands and wives) A belief in traditional conjugal roles (i.e. roles of husbands and wives) Health Working class people experience A professional can expect to live poorer mortality than the middle on average seven years longer than Living longer class an unskilled working man and staying Working class people are more Visit the doctor more often and healthy seems likely to die before retirement of tend to have more regular to be cancer stroke and heart disease checkups than middle class people associated with Have a better diet and take more Working class people are three exercise so have less serious different social times more likely to have a illness than working class people groups serious illness Education Less likely to attend nursery More affluent people are more school successful than poorer people Success seems More likely to start school unable Higher levels of education which in to be to read turn leads to better careers associated with More likely to get fewer GCSE’s Parents have enough money for different social or to get low grades their children to stay at school or groups go on to university Less likely to get into Year 12 and go to university Parents have greater expectations that their children will do well Less likely get a well paid job because of insufficient qualifications Work The working class tend to receive Are often in professional jobs and lower wages so get paid more than the working Economic class They enjoy less job security success seems Have good job security They receive fewer fringe benefits to be than the middle class Get more benefits and perks from associated with their job Have less chances for promotion different social Have more contacts which may groups help with promotion or finding employment
Values – the members of each class share similar values: Loyalty to workmates A belief in pursuing goals as a group rather than individually An emphasis on immediate gratification (i.e. enjoy yourself now) A fatalistic attitude to life believing that life chances depend on luck A belief in traditional conjugal roles (i.e. roles of husbands and wives) Individualism A belief in deferred gratification (i.e. planning for the future) An image of society as a place where there are opportunities for individuals who work hard A belief in joint conjugal roles (i.e. roles of husbands and wives) Health Living longer and staying healthy seems to be associated with different social groups Working class people experience poorer mortality than the middle class Working class people are more likely to die before retirement of cancer stroke and heart disease than middle class people Working class people are three times more likely to have a serious illness A professional can expect to live on average seven years longer than an unskilled working man Visit the doctor more often and tend to have more regular checkups Have a better diet and take more exercise so have less serious illness than working class people Education Success seems to be associated with different social groups Less likely to attend nursery school More likely to start school unable to read More likely to get fewer GCSE’s or to get low grades Less likely to get into Year 12 and go to university Less likely get a well paid job because of insufficient qualifications More affluent people are more successful than poorer people Higher levels of education which in turn leads to better careers Parents have enough money for their children to stay at school or go on to university Parents have greater expectations that their children will do well Work Economic success seems to be associated with different social groups The working class tend to receive lower wages They enjoy less job security They receive fewer fringe benefits than the middle class Have less chances for promotion Are often in professional jobs and so get paid more than the working class Have good job security Get more benefits and perks from their job Have more contacts which may help with promotion or finding employment
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