Social class facts for kids
Burmese nobles and servants
Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures.
Not all societies have social classes. Scientist have found no proof for hierarchical power structures during Stone Age.
Determinants of class
In societies where classes exist, one's class is determined largely by:
- occupation
- education and qualifications
- income, personal, household and per capita
- wealth, including the ownership of land, property, means of production, et cetera
- family background.
In the United Kingdom there are upper class, middle class, working class and underclass people.
Related pages
- Bohemianism
- Caste
- Constitution
- Constitutional economics
- Class struggle
- Clergy
- Household income in the United States
- Social status
- Working class
Images for kids
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A symbolic image of three orders of feudal society in Europe prior to the French Revolution: The rural third estate carrying the clergy and the nobility.
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In the United States the lowest stratum of the working class, the underclass, often lives in urban areas with low-quality civil services.
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Equestrian portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Russia with a Moor
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