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Keelie Hay Social Class Many sociologists have proved that illness and ill health is related to social class. This is defining between the rich and the poor. However Social Class is very difficult to measure because it is difficult to define Social Class. Social class is difficult to measure because as some class registers don't look at women's occupation The type of worker today sees work as a means to an end, meaning people only do their job to earn money. Nowadays workers aren't as hostile towards capitalism, now we see capitalism as raising living standards. Now workers identify themselves through their family and standard of living, whereas before it was through their work. This was shown from researcher (Davey Smith et al, 1990). When he discovered that routine clerical workers are much more likely to die younger than other workers are. Smith compared the lowest and higher classes, found people in...

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