BBC：Huge survey reveals seven social classes in UK

BBC发布文章称大型调查表明英国社会存在7个阶层。该调查对象超过16万，研究者认为传统用职业、财富和教育定义社会阶层太简单，建议从经济、社会和文化的三维视角进行区分，这7大阶层包括：名流精英、成功中产阶级、技术中产阶级、富有劳动者、传统劳动阶层、新兴服务人员和贫困无产者。他们对应的定义如下：

• Elite - the most privileged group in the UK, distinct from the other six classes through its wealth. This group has the highest levels of all three capitals

• Established middle class - the second wealthiest, scoring highly on all three capitals. The largest and most gregarious group, scoring second highest for cultural capital

• Technical middle class - a small, distinctive new class group which is prosperous but scores low for social and cultural capital. Distinguished by its social isolation and cultural apathy

• New affluent workers - a young class group which is socially and culturally active, with middling levels of economic capital

• Traditional working class - scores low on all forms of capital, but is not completely deprived. Its members have reasonably high house values, explained by this group having the oldest average age at 66

• Emergent service workers - a new, young, urban group which is relatively poor but has high social and cultural capital

• Precariat, or precarious proletariat - the poorest, most deprived class, scoring low for social and cultural capital