So, what does this mean?

"A working class hero is something to be"

The attitudes towards class in Britain do appear to have changed but why?

Firstly, I will bullet point factors that appear to have varied or stayed the same:

1. More of the population believe they are of middle class. 
2. There is less of a difference between upper and lower classes. There is less divide between them.
3. If you are of underclass you are not particularly dirty, malnourished or diseased like the underclass may have used to be. 
4. The working and middle class are still the majority.
5. Class is not longer decided by how much money you have BUT by the importance and difficulty of your employment. However, many people do not use that scale.

But why have things changed?

One of my older questionnaire respondents was able to answer this question in one word - education.

As time has progressed since that of the historic feudal system, society has developed and we now have compulsory education for all. As education has advanced so has technology, meaning that the labour intensive jobs, like farming, that were the norm for the majority of people in Britain has now been taken over by machinery.






As people have been able to earn more money they have been able to improve their own situations and progress up the social scale. We
have also been able to set up our own benefit system, so that people who do not earn their own wage are provided for with shelter, food and healthcare.






Most people are able to afford luxuries like holidays and transport, which may not have been possible half a century ago due to the need to feed and clothe yourself and your family. This may be why more and more of our society are able to categorise themselves as middle class.





Dignitaries do not play as an important role within our culture, which may also suggest why the divide between the classes is not as distinct as it used to be.