Consequences of Social Class Membership

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Subject Area:Sociology

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Membership to a given social class makes lives of given class members to be different from that of the members of a given class. Membership to this social class plays a significant role in an individual's health, education outcome, family lifestyles, mental health, political orientation and involvement, religion and criminal justice (Tablante, Fiske, & Moya, 2014, p. This paper provides comprehensive research on the impacts of social class membership on an individual's religious and political affiliation, education outcome, family lifestyle, and mental and physical health. Education Members from the upper social class are more likely to have the means of attending relatively prestigious schools and more likely to attain higher education levels as compared to those in the lower class. Besides indirectly such individuals who are benefactors of higher education levels are more likely to get prestigious jobs and obtain better salaries as compared to those from lower social classes.

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The rate of illness in such regions are relatively higher which can be attributed to both the environmental hazards and lack of proper nutrition. The poor neighborhoods tend to have lesser grocery stores and more fast food stores relative to the wealthy areas. This increases the risk of nutrition diseases and conditions such as heart disease(Ellmann & Laessle, 2015, p. Due to lesser recreational facilities and higher crime rate healthcare feasibility and routine exercises are greatly reduced. Besides health insurance is also a major concern in social class membership health concern. For the lower social class, their primary stressor is the financial stress is it relates to their daily sustenance as well as their well-being while for the upper class are likely to encounter stress from the social pressure which is linked to the elite circles.

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Besides there are also variations based on class on the medical intervention for the mental disorders (Muntaner, Borrell, & Chung, 2016, p. Mental health is viewed differently based on a given social class. Besides accessibility to the different levels of medical intervention for mental health also differ in the upper social class and the lower social class. The mental disorders vary intensively among these distinct social classes. In scenarios such as single-parent households tends to be more likely to be members of the lower social class in some places since they are viewed to violate social norms. Such family structure is likely to contribute to the social and financial instability. Religion and politics Religious affiliation and practices are related to an individual's social class.

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