Inequalities relating to social class

The government use National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NSEC)
1. An occupationally based classification that uses households as the main unit of analysis
Housing
1. There are clear patterns of ownership, with a big distinction between ownership (with or without a mortgage) and renting in the UK
2. Patterns of home ownership are likely to reflect patterns of income differentials
3. Managers and senior officials- £42,164 - 39 hours weekly Process, plant and machinery operatives- 19,113 - 44.8 hours
4. Large employers and higher managerial occupations= 14%- owned outright, 77%- owned with mortgage, 2%- rented from social sector, 6%-rented privatey
  1. Never worked/long-term unemployed- 12%- owned, 2%- owned with mortgage, 73% rented from social sector, 13% rented privately
Education
1. 1992= 60%- students from managerial/professional backgrounds achieved 5 or more GCSE's 2002=77% Unskilled Manual background in 1992= 16%, 2002= 32%
  1. The gap between higher and lower social classes at GCSE remains significant
    1. Economic, cultural and social capital are all important markers of difference
Health
1. Evidence from the Healthcare Commission- Life expectancy data for1997/99 show men in the highest social class live 7.4 years longer than men in the lowest social class, the difference for women being 5.7 years
  1. People in routine occupations have the worst self-reported health among people in employment, with rates more than double those for people in higher managerial and professional occupations
2. Cancer mortality and cancer survival rates show strong gradients by social class and deprivation
  1. Teenage motherhood 7x more common from manual than professional backgrounds
Politics
1. Almost one third of current MP's attended independent schools, which educate only 7% of population, 72% went to University, including 43% who attend one of 13 leading universities and over a quarter who went to Oxbridge
2. Conservative MPs were more likely to have attended private schools, while Labour least likely at 18%
Functionalism
1. Social class inequality and difference are inevitable features of healthy contemporary society
  1. Talent and hard work are rewarded
    1. View society as a meritocracy- where access to social rewards is determined by talent and achievement rather than social background
    2. Competition is considered healthy. Economic inequalities ensure that the most qualified people will secure the most functionally important jobs in society
2. Davis and Moore suggest pay is related to talent and that there's a general consensus that the most important jobs are secured by the most able individuals, who are paid appropriately
3. Enables the legitimisation of the system of inequality and these ideas lead to the concept of the meritocracy

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