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1、3April2013Lastupdatedat04:00GMTUK'nowhassevensocialclasses'PeopleintheUKnowfitintosevensocialclasses,amajorsurveyconductedbytheBBCsuggests.Itsaysthetraditionalcategoriesofworking,middleandupperclassareoutdated,fitting39%ofpeople.Itfoundanewmodelofsevensocialclassesrangingfromtheeliteatthetoptoa"pre
2、cariat"-thepoor,precariousproletariat-atthebottom.Morethan161,000peopletookpartintheGreatBritishClassSurvey,thelargeststudyofclassintheUK.Classhastraditionallybeendefinedbyoccupation,wealthandeducation.Butthisresearcharguesthatthisistoosimplistic,suggestingthatclasshasthreedimensions-economic,socia
3、landcultural.TheBBCLabUKstudymeasuredeconomiccapital-income,savings,housevalue-andsocialcapital-thenumberandstatusofpeoplesomeoneknows.Thestudyalsomeasuredculturalcapital,definedastheextentandnatureofculturalinterestsandactivities.Thenewclassesaredefinedas:·Elite-themostprivilegedgroupintheUK,disti
4、nctfromtheothersixclassesthroughitswealth.Thisgrouphasthehighestlevelsofallthreecapitals·Establishedmiddleclass-thesecondwealthiest,scoringhighlyonallthreecapitals.Thelargestandmostgregariousgroup,scoringsecondhighestforculturalcapital·Technicalmiddleclass-asmall,distinctivenewclassgroupwhichispros
5、perousbutscoreslowforsocialandculturalcapital.Distinguishedbyitssocialisolationandculturalapathy·Newaffluentworkers-ayoungclassgroupwhichissociallyandculturallyactive,withmiddlinglevelsofeconomiccapital·Traditionalworkingclass-scoreslowonallformsofcapital,butisnotcompletelydeprived.Itsmembershavere
6、asonablyhighhousevalues,explainedbythisgrouphavingtheoldestaverageageat66·Emergentserviceworkers-anew,young,urbangroupwhichisrelativelypoorbuthashighsocialandculturalcapital·Precariat,orprecariousproletariat-thepoorest,mostdeprivedclass,scoringlowforsocialandculturalcapitalTheresearcherssaidwhileth
7、eelitegrouphadbeenidentifiedbefore,thisisthefirsttimeithadbeenplacedwithinawideranalysisoftheclassstructure,asitwasnormallyputtogetherwithprofessionalsandmanagers.Attheoppositeextremetheysaidtheprecariat,th
