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    Social class is the way of grouping people together according to the jobs they do. The government use the Register Generals table of social class

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    Social background Social class is the way of grouping people together according to the jobs they do. The government use the register generals table of social class witch I have outlined below. Class Types of jobs people do 1. Highly skilled non manual 2. Skilled non manual 3. Skilled non manual 4. Highly skilled manual 5. Skilled manual 6. Unskilled manual Lawyers, Doctors, Dentists Managers, teachers, nurses Office workers, administrators Plumbers, electricians Drivers e.g., lorry, taxi, bus, builders Refuse collectors, cleaners Highly skilled non manual - lawyers, doctors, dentist All the careers in this category are very highly skilled and also very highly paid. The advantages of the growth of the child might be that might have a good upbringing like a big house with a garden to play, a healthy diet with the all the right kinds of nutrients, which means that they'll physically grow well because they would be eating all the right kinds of food because its highly unlikely of a parent with this kind of job that they'll struggle financially. ...read more.

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    but also if the parents struggle financially then because all the right kinds of foods might not be able to be bought children might not have the best die and this wouldn't be very good for the physical growth of the child, but then again it could be different if the parents are getting enough income. For the interlectual development Depending on the parent's income the child might go to private school or a school near to their home and also if the child isn't eating well enough then it might be hard concentrating at school, if the parents can't afford a house or the rent of a flat nearby to a school, then it would be difficult for the child which means they could be late a lot of times and this wouldn't be good for the attendence. But then again parent ight be able to afford it. Highly skilled manual - plumbers, electricians These cares in this category is still a skilled manual and it can vary on the income depending on how high the skills are. ...read more.

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    Because of the poor diet concentrating and doing well at school could be hard and this isn't very good for the the interlectual development of the child, if the flat or house isn't near to a school then it would be difficult for child. And again because children might be late a lot, the attendance wouldn't be so good. Unskilled manual The careers in this category are jobs that are unskilled and no experience or qualifications are required. The pay isn't very good it's quite low. Parents might financially struggle to provide for the children, they might not have a very good upbringing; they might have to live in a small cramped flat or house because parents might struggle with money, gas and heating bills might not have got paid, and this means the house might be cold. The children might not be able to eat all the right nutrients and have a healthy routine diet this means that this would affect the physical growth and also the interlectual development, lack of concentrating at school. Children's school could be far from their home so getting their might be difficult, which isn't good for the attendance. ...read more.

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