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social class

1. Social standing or position. Synonym: socioeconomic status

2. A group of people with shared culture, privilege, or position.

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"Our research suggests that social class shapes the attitudes that people hold about their abilities and that, in turn, has important implications for how class hierarchies perpetuate from one generation to the next," added Belmi.

People from higher social class believe they are better than others: Study

If you ally that with social class, then it is people who are poor and obese who can be publicly laughed at.

Tackling poverty would also tackle obesity says academic; THE TABLES HAVE TURNED WHEN IT COMES TO THE LINK BETWEEN YOUR WEALTH AND YOUR HEALTH, ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS

This subjective classification differs from objective calculations of social class based on quantifiable measures like income, education, net worth, location of residence, family background or other variables.

Middle-Class Identification in US at Pre-Recession Levels

Kyrtis plays with this idea of people in different social classes in this collection that mainly brings to the surface the realism techniques of the old masters.

Dylan inspires Kyrtis to paint his joker and thief

The two types of colleges suggest the social class diversity and the parents' choice of colleges for the children.

Gender Inequality and Construction of Identity in ELT Scenario

Keywords: socioeconomic status, social class, educational aspirations, occupational aspirations, educational expectations

Viewing adolescents' career futures through the lenses of socioeconomic status and social class

The team again found a negative correlation between social class this time on a national level and the percentage of Facebook friends from other countries.

Rich people have fewer foreign friends, suggests Facebook data

Throughout the course of the book, Armstrong and Hamilton artfully present findings from their five-year qualitative study that highlight the role that social class played in every facet of these students' lives in college and after their time at the institution ended.

Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality

Elite Girls' Schooling, Social Class and Sexualised Popular Culture

In terms of social class, the C2 category of semi-skilled workers were most likely to be more confident (15%), followed by C1 skilled workers (14%) and AB professionals and managers (13%).

Scared to spend; Exclusive poll: Welsh consumers still lack economic confidence

The social class of almost 17,500 breastfed and non-breastfed children born in 1958 and more than 16,500 children born in 1970 based on the social class of their father when they were 10 or 11--were pitted against their social class as adults, measured when they were 33 or 34.

Breastfeeding increases upward social mobility

The researchers found that reading and math ability at age 7 were linked to their social class a full 35 years later, resulting in higher incomes, better housing and better jobs in adulthood.