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Encyclopedia > NRS social grade

The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. They were originally developed by the National Readership Survey in order to classify readers but are now used by other organisations for wider applications and market research. Map of countries by population Population growth showing projections for later this century Demography is the statistical study of human populations. ...

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The grades

Grade Social class Typical occupation
A upper middle class doctor, solicitor, barrister, accountant, company director
B middle class teacher, nurse, police officer, probation officer, librarian, middle manager
C1 lower middle class junior manager, student, clerical/office workers, supervisors
C2 skilled working class foreman, agricultural worker, plumber, bricklayer
D working class manual workers, shop worker, fisherman, apprentices
E underclass casual labourers, state pensioners

The grades are often grouped into ABC1 and C2DE and these are taken to equate to middle class and working class respectively. Vacations to destinations such as Hawaii, shown above, may be seen as a hallmark of the Upper-middle class. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Statue of a coal miner in Charleston, WV, USA. Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... A social class is, at its most basic, a group of people that have similar social status. ...


See also

Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. ... ACORN (acronym for A Classification Of Residential Neighbourhoods) is a geodemographic information system categorising all United Kingdom postcodes into various types based upon census data and other information such as lifestyle surveys. ...

References

  • The Fundamentals of Advertising, by John Wilmshurst, Adrian MacKay, Page 213.

External links

  • NRS Definitions of Social Grade
  • MORI information on the grades
  • Demographic classifications


Social stratification : Social class
v  d  e
Bourgeoisie Upper class Ruling class Nobility White-collar
Petite bourgeoisie Upper middle class Creative class Gentry Blue-collar
Proletariat Middle class Working class Nouveau riche/Parvenu Pink-collar
Lumpenproletariat Lower middle class Lower class Old Money Gold-collar
Slave class Underclass Classlessness
Social class in the United States
Upper class Middle class Lower class Income Educational attainment


 

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