Year 3_Social Profile

'A married couple with perhaps two children' is called...

• an atom

• a social unit

• a nuclear family

• an average family

One inevitable consequence of the climbing divorce rate has been the rise

of _______-parent families.

• one

• single

• only

• mother

According to the recent research, there are ______ social classes in the UK.

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

The most deprived social class is ________.

• precariat

• technical middle class

• elite

• new affluent workers

It appears that people in high-salary jobs, whose parents were also

in high-salary jobs, get paid less.

• True

• False

The elites are concentrated around London and the South of England.

• True

• False

Women in career structures often sense that a __________ exists which

prevents them reaching the top.

• 'brick wall'

• ‘glass ceiling’

• 'mirror ceiling'

• 'stone wall'

These two classes have the lowest level of social mobility.

• Elite and established middle class

• Established middle class and emergent service workers

• Technical middle class and traditional working class

• Elite and precariat

A lot of immigrants experience a sense of alienation from the majority of white community.

• True

• False

People from the West Indies began immigrating to Britain in the 1960s and 1970s in substantial numbers at that time, in response to ______ shortages.

• birth

• labour

• money

• resource