Can someone describe the social classes and their charactertistics?

Upper class, middle class, and lower class are Social classes (broadly speaking).

They are further sub divided into Rich rich, rich middle, and rich lower classes, similarly, for middle and lower.

The characteristics are :

Characteristics of rich :

1. They are few and far between in any society.
2. They are bourgeoisie (employers)
3. They exploit poor
4. They have common notion to make profit at the expense of teeming poor.
5. They have their own norms which are distinct from the culture of middle and poor, as well as, from subcultures.
6. They enjoy all luxuries of life.


Characteristics of middle class:

1. Social mobility is found highest in this class.
2. They live comfortably than poor class, but are financially lower than upper class.
3. They all are employees (proletariates)
4. They are being exploited.
5. Almost all of them have recently switched to middle class, therefore, their norms are likely to be similar to that of poor class. But their kids are assured to have the distinct norms of middle class.
6. This class is the best example of DEFERRED GRATIFICATION PATTERN , which means, postponing immediate enjoyment in order to gain a big goal!

CHARACTERISTICS OF POOR:

1. Social mobility is the lowest in them.
2. Rate of deviance is high in them.
3. They are most likely to be drug/narcotics addicted.
4. Their enjoyment or plans do not last beyond next week cinema / sea side trip, meaning, they lack long term planning.
5. They are either unemployed, or get employment for short term basis.
6. This class contains the highest occurrence of sub cultures as well as counter cultures.

You can even add more should you wish to.


I hope it helps you.

There are three main Social classes. i.e.

1. Upper Class.
2. Middle Class.
3. Lower Class.

Further divided as..

1.i. Upper-Upper Class.
1,ii. Lower-Upper Class.

2,i. Upper Middle Class.
2,ii. Lower Middle Class.

3,i. Upper Lower Class.
3,ii. Lower Lower Class.