Previous research has shown that an advantaged social class position protects individuals from unemployment, but less is known about how this relationship has developed after the turn of the ...

Social status and financial comfort can manifest through subtle dining behaviors—from how someone orders to how they handle ...

Aims: This study investigates whether conditions present or established in youth and adolescence among young men contribute to the differences in the risk of an early disability pension (DP) among ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Rich, poor, middle class — parents often believe it’s their responsibility to shield their children from economic differences and social class. But new ...

Class-based health inequalities are persistent in society and are, in part, driven by differences in health behaviors. Policy attempts to improve health behaviors in disadvantaged communities have had ...

It's fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be ...

A glimpse at newspaper obituary pages reveal that the rich always marry each other. Tales, too, abound of rich parents who hook up their children and subject them to arranged or forced marriages.

Portrait of "Cosette" by Emile Bayard, in "Les Misérables" Americans don't acknowledge social class differences. To do so violates, it seems, the psychological principle of "all people are created ...

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