I'm traditional working class 

Always what I perceived myself to be. Never nowt other 

Hi Xochi,

I took this test at work.

I came out as "Established Middleclass"

*EC runs to corner and cowers*

Established Middle Class..  

its all a load of bullocks really though innit 

It must be, coz I'm Established Middle Class too

Emergent service workers

This class group is financially insecure, scoring low for savings and house value, but high for social and cultural factors. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group 

*worries* 

I would categorise myself as traditional working class.

What I think swung it was probably owning own home, having savings and knowing certain types of people.

Bordering on Royalty.

248th in line.

yeah...  same (apart from the savings )

gawd knows what I would be if I hadn't been able to use Ducky as my Teacher friend 

The old boy being the Laird of Ballachulish didn't help.

I've been on that ferry  unless its sank, it was a bucket then 

There's a bridge now  

Blimey you're going back 

I was a young un 

Me too Now somethings seriously wrong there  I don't think they asked the right questions - what does it matter who you know? It doesn't make you any different does it?

Me too.  

Actually, I think the whole thing is deeply flawed. Despite a lot of guff about measuring "social" and "cultural" capital, it's heavily biased towards home-ownership, and it doesn't make allowances for being single (and doesn't take children into account at all).

I did a little experiment: imagine a couple who earn £26k each, and own a £130k house. I gave them £10k savings each and a selection of friends and hobbies which I assumed they both shared. I also assumed a couple of children, but like I said this doesn't affect the results.

This couple came out as "Technical Middle Class".

Now assume they split: the woman keeps the house (with the children), while the man goes into rented accomodation.

The woman is now a "New Affluent Worker", while the man is an "Emergent Service Worker" - even though their individual earnings, friends and hobbies haven't changed.

The really weird thing is that both of them when single are in "classes" which the model considers to have higher levels of social and cultural capital than the class they were in while together - when in fact those levels remained constant. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me...

I think you're taking this study a bit too literally Eugene.  

I heard today on the radio that the results are twisted by the age of those responding to the survey. In other words, if one is of an age to own a house one has to be of an age to have bought one a good few years ago. 

Yeah; very probably!

I just found it interesting that while the BBC are claiming that the model shows the importance of cultural and social factors in modern Britain, in practise it all just comes down to money...

For sure! 

I'm traditional working class

You must have lied. You have established pasted all over you! 

Why can't you just say, "that's really nice GJ!"

As I haven't studied the 'technical' I'm poorly placed to judge. 

You do realise this scam ain't gonna work for long, yeah? 

There's no Pleb sector!!!

I'm upper middle to snooty.

Drive car wearing gloves, allow port to breath 20mins, aromatic pipe smoker, prefer regal colours, choice is for the expensive at all times, refuse to buy toilet paper, choose to have the door answered for me, only talk to others due to social convention and scoop from the back of the bowl ... of course

There you have it.

Oh and if i were in a 'pop' group i wouldn't 'jam'

I'd 'preserve'

Traditional working class but that's because I'm one of those ATOS LTBs (lying thieving Barsteward)but I do own my own house so that raised me to working class level