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Biosocial Aspects of Social Class
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Abstract
What is social class? Are class differences declining? This volume explores social class from three distinct but related perspectives: Sociological, demographic, and biological. A sociologist provides his conceptualization of social class, and examines the variety of class schema and the reliability and the validity of these schemata . Demographers then analyse the extent and causes of fertility, marriage, and mortality differences. Finally a biologist reflects on morbidity differentials, the extent and effects of migration, and the question of whether or not genetic differences exist between classes.
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Title: Biosocial Aspects of Social Class
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Abstract
What is social class? Are class differences declining? This volume explores social class from three distinct but related perspectives: Sociological, demographic, and biological.
A sociologist provides his conceptualization of social class, and examines the variety of class schema and the reliability and the validity of these schemata .
Demographers then analyse the extent and causes of fertility, marriage, and mortality differences.
Finally a biologist reflects on morbidity differentials, the extent and effects of migration, and the question of whether or not genetic differences exist between classes.
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