National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification
National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC)There are many ways of measuring socio-economic position: income, education, and occupation have all been used for this purpose, both separately and together. However, in the UK the traditional approach has been to measure socio-economic position via a socio-economic classification and specifically by social class as a measure of the social structure. This tradition dates back to 1913 with the creation of the Registrar General's Social Classes (RGSC). RGSC brought together into each of its classes occupations of similar ‘social standing’. It was used by researchers in both government and universities to analyse fertility, mortality, and morbidity. The point of these analyses was to show that health inequalities are the outcome of causal processes that are inextricably linked with the basic structure of society. For example,...
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