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1
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What are social classes defined by?

A

Economic circumstance e.g. Job, wealth

2
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Who are the upper class?

A

Own significant amounts of wealth and shares

3
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Who are the middle class?

A

Non manual jobs
High pay and job security
Qualifications

4
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Who are the working class?

A

Manual jobs
Average pay
Little security
Fewer qualifications

5
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Social class subcultures in the middle class place greater emphasis on what?

A

Education

Individual achievement

6
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Social class subcultures in the middle class defer what?

A

Gratification

7
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The middle class promoting individual achievement of their children could make them more what?

A

Child centred

8
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What are the working class likely to do earlier than the middle?

A

Marry and have children

9
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Why do the middle class have children and marry later?

A

Stay in education

Focus on careers

10
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Where are divorce rates highest and why?

A
Working class
Possibly due to early marriage - young marriages are more likely to break down
11
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Young and willmott found stronger evidence of extended families among what communities?

A

Working class

12
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Young and willmott - why are the middle class more likely to live away from extended family?

A

More geographically mobile

13
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Young and willmott - later research shows what about the extended family?

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In decline in w/c communities

14
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Dench - where was the research conducted?

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East end of London

15
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Dench - only a few of what remained?

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White working class families with strong extended family ties

16
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Dench - within working class households what was found?

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Diversity

17
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Dench - how many of the working class were in single person households?

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21%

18
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Dench - diversity is now a characteristic of both the what?

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Working and middle class families

19
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Dench - why is their greater diversity?

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Growing individualism - people construct family life to suit their circumstances

20
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Some argue the middle class are more child what?

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Centred

21
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Middle class families tend to be more concerned with what regarding their children?

A

Educational achievement and wellbeing

22
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Some argue the working class are just as interested but why is it more difficult to support their children’s education?

A

Less knowledge of the education system - working class characterised by fewer educational qualifications

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