Poll: The Great British class calculator

What class are you?


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Can we get a poll? Post your first result (don't go back and tinker).

  • Elite
  • Established Middle Class
  • Technical Middle Class
  • New Affluent Workers
  • Emergent Service Workers
  • Traditional Working Class
  • Precariat

Elite: This is the most privileged class in Great Britain who have high levels of all three capitals. Their high amount of economic capital sets them apart from everyone else.

Established Middle Class: Members of this class have high levels of all three capitals although not as high as the Elite. They are a gregarious and culturally engaged class.

Technical Middle Class: This is a new, small class with high economic capital but seem less culturally engaged. They have relatively few social contacts and so are less socially engaged.

New Affluent Workers: This class has medium levels of economic capital and higher levels of cultural and social capital. They are a young and active group.

Emergent Service Workers: This new class has low economic capital but has high levels of 'emerging' cultural capital and high social capital. This group are young and often found in urban areas.

Traditional Working Class: This class scores low on all forms of the three capitals although they are not the poorest group. The average age of this class is older than the others.

Precariat: This is the most deprived class of all with low levels of economic, cultural and social capital. The everyday lives of members of this class are precarious.
 
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I'm an emergent service worker, apparently. Surely 90% of students would fall under this heading though?
 
Interesting :)

as expected i am :

Result: the class group you most closely match is:

New affluent workers

Ill vote when the poll is up
 
Apparently, i'm;

New affluent workers

This class group is sociable, has lots of cultural interests and is in the middle of all the class groups in terms of wealth. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

Are young
Come from a working class background
Own their own home
 
Apparently I'm elite. I'm guessing that comes from answering that I have some educated friends and some inheritance. I certainly don't meet the rest of the criteria :D
 
Are you of a lower class just because you don't own your own home and instead rent?
Apparently I'm a Emergent Service Worker as I've not yet bought myself a house. If I had done I'd be Established Middle Class.
 
Are you of a lower class just because you don't own your own home and instead rent?
Apparently I'm a Emergent Service Worker as I've not yet bought myself a house. If I had done I'd be Established Middle Class.

Definitely... if there is one time tested determinator of class it is property, land, capital ownership.
 
LOL:

Result: the class group you most closely match is:

Precariat

This is the poorest and most deprived class group. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

Tend to mix socially with people like themselves
Come from a working class background
Rent their home - over 80%
 
Technical Middle Class, though i don't agree with how they rate things.

If you own a house 125k upwards you are as above, if you don't have a house but 100k in the bank then your and emerging service worker.
 
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