Social class in the United Kingdom ageing traditional working class, a ‘precariat’ characterised by very low levels of capital, and a group of emergent service workers. The fracturing of the middle sectors of the social structure into distinguishable factions separated by generational, economic, cultural, and social characteristics was considered notable by the authors of the research. Members of the elite class are the top 6% of British society with very high economic capital (particularly savings), high social capital, and very 'highbrow' cultural capital. Occupations such as chief executive officers, IT and telecommunications directors, marketing and sales directors; functional managers and directors, solicitors, barristers and judges, financial
Great British Class Survey Great British Class Survey On 2 April 2013 analysis of the results of the Great British Class Survey (GBCS; a survey of social class in the United Kingdom which researched the social structure of the United Kingdom) was published online. The survey was developed in collaboration with academic experts. The research has been published in the journal "Sociology". The results released were based on a survey of 160,000 residents of Britain most of whom lived in England and described themselves as "white." Class as a multi-dimensional construct was defined and measured according to the amount and kind of economic, cultural,