Britons more likely to think they are working class than people in other countries, research says
Britons are much more likely to say they are working class than the average for citizens of industrialised countries around the world, new research shows.

The British Sociological Association's annual conference in Birmingham was told today [Friday 8 April 2016] that 40% of Britons thought of themselves as working class, compared with an average of 27% in 27 industrialised countries.

Edward Haddon found that generally Britons' view of their social class was accurate, although some highly educated people from working class background regarded themselves as middle class.

Mr Haddon, of the University of British Columbia, Canada, told the conference that he analysed survey response from around 27,000 people in 40 countries, almost 1,000 of them British. The other countries included the US, China, Russia, Japan, Australia, and countries in Europe and South America.  Read more>