Have Attitudes Changed?

  "Working 9-5 what a way to make a living..."

What did the public think?

Twelve individuals took my questionnaire and they were of the following demographic:

75% of my respondents believed they were of middle class, whilst 25% classified themselves of working class. However, 50% of the respondents believed they were born into a working class family, so 25% feel that they have ascended the social ladder.

The respondent's social class based on their occupation was as follows:

The respondents were most tolerant of the working and middle classes, which may be due to the fact they hailed from these class groups themselves.  Below, I have made a 'word association' table where my respondents described people of different classes in their own words. Oddly, some adjectives were used to describe both the underclass and the upperclass.

Most of my respondents felt that the structure of class within Britain had changed but some felt that they were to young to make a proper judgement and others felt there was not enough change to make a comment on. These are some of my responses... 

Grace, 87- "The divide between classes is not as bad as it used to be, it's not so extreme. There is help for the poor now." 

Emily, 22- "More people call themselves middle class when they are still of working class."

Aimee, 22- "Working and middle class has become a 'grey' area. It is hard to define."

Peter, 57- "The working and underclasses aren't so downtrodden. There isn't as much of a divide."

Matt, 50- "Education has helped to change the class structure in Britain. There is now more middle class."

Below are some examples of how my respondents would react, or feel, when talking to someone from an alternative class to them self...

"They look like a good egg"

Many of my respondents changed the way they spoke to some depending on whether they felt they were a good or bad 'egg'. Not on what class they were. 

"People like talking to me :)"

They all felt they would not change the way they spoke to someone of working or middle class, maybe as they all derive from these classes.

"Oh, you poor little thing!"

My oldest respondent said she would feel sympathetic to an underclass person. One respondent said they would not interact with either or upper class individuals. 

"F$%K B%£@H B!!*&T$D"                                                                   
Some felt they may be intimidated by someone of upper class or if they swore to much. Another said they would tone down their own swearing when talking to someone of upper class.