Vocal Voices

It has spent goodness knows how much of our licence money on what it calls research into the British class system using this little piece of twonk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973

I have been playing about with it and I always turn out to be a 'Precariat', a new made up sub-group way below the traditional working class. It does not matter what I tell it about my love of opera, ballet, the Arts and classical music or that I mix socially with doctors, company directors and Bishops. It still has me as lowest of the low because...... I rent and my income is low and my savings are not in the £millions. It, and therefore the BBC, is basing my class and that of many others (165,000 filed in the original paper) solely on how much money we have.

I hope that they are not using this 'research' to inform and guide programme making.

You're right - it goes on income and home ownership! Like you I played with the activities and interests and it came out Established Middle Class every time. Boswellox

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Elite
This is the wealthiest and most privileged group in the UK. According to the Great British Class Survey results, lots of people in this group:

Really?

I told it I rent, I have no savings, I socialise with a lot of people and I'm an antisocial toerag who doesn't socialise in the way that they want.

So why am I Elite?

My take home is in the 50 - 100k bracket. That is IT, end of story.

So we now have monied classes, not social classes. Caught up with America at last????

Total Bollox and a typical BBC bunch of BS....

This isn't actually the full survey. I just completed that (it had far more questions) via a link on Facebook. You do have to sign up to a BBC ID however to complete it! Will go and find a link.........

Mine said I was well off, but socially and culturally average

I've played about with it, and have come to the conclusion that it is rubbish.

I completed the full survey and, apparently I am middle of the road for finance and in the top 20% for the other two.

It is slanted though. In general it is a test to produce a specific result. Waste of time.

Agreed

Well, I have now taken the full test and I am none the wiser.

Wealth is still the most defining factor, and the in-built bias of the setters to 'traditional' class pursuits/interests is so obvious it is laughable. Listening to Verdi is far more classy then listening to Reggae, and going to the Opera is far more worthy than watching a good film.

I guess it says a lot about their own perceived "class" of the setters.