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Social Class Social class is grouping of people together and according them status in the society based on their social and economic standing. This form of social stratification as old as the society itself, is indebted to Marx (1883) and Weber (1864) theories. To Marx, social class is determined by two separate groups. The owners of factories, farms and raw materials; and the labourers working for their production. But Weber argued that social class is determined by individuals' skills and qualifications obtained when competing for work in the job market, which determines their social prestige, life-style and life-chances of enjoying good standard of living Gormley (1999).For example, people of same social hierarchy tend to earn similar pay, have comparable education, live in same environment and live to the same age. These two theorist's view of occupational differences and the impact on mortality and morbidity rate as since be the basis...

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