SOCIAL CLASSES.-The basic unit of the social class grouping is the occupational group. Every occupation in the country, of which there are many thousands, is assignable to one or other of 586 occupational unit groups (General Register Office, 1951). These 586 occupational groups are each assigned as a whole to one or other of five social classes (Table I), on the basis of the predominant charac...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between physical activity, participation in Physical Education classes, and indicators of social isolation among adolescents. METHODS This was an epidemiological study based on secondary analysis of data from a representative sample of students (14-19 years) from public high schools (n=4,207). Data were collected through the questionnaire Global School-bas...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality has declined in Britain since the early 1970s and followed a reduction in dietary fat intake in the population. We attempted to determine whether there have been changes in dietary fat intakes by social classes and to see whether they correspond to social class changes in CHD mortality, where the greatest reduction has been in the upper social class groups...

Analysis of mortality trends over 40 years in England and Wales showed that mortality from coronary heart disease had become progressively more common in working-class men and women than in those from the middle and upper classes. The change was most noticeable for men. Whereas in 1931 and 1951 heart disease was more common in men of social classes I and II, by 1961 it was more common in men o...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant relationship between different young mothers’ social classes and children’s language learning. According to this research goal, this study is eager to answer the two major research questions: (a) Is there any significant difference between middle-class and working-class mothers’ speech? (b) Is there any significant relationship between...