The Effects of Social Class on the Uptake of Orthodontic Treatment

1989 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Kenealy ◽  
Neil Frude ◽  
William Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Middle Class People

The relationship between social class and uptake of orthodontic treatment was investigated in a longitudinal cohort study of 1018 children living in South Glamorgan, Wales. Previous studies have shown that working class people make less use of dental services and receive inferior dental care than middle class people. The present investigation examined the role of one factor which appears likely to contribute to this effect: namely, the uptake of orthodontic treatment by families from different social classes. If a significant association were shown then findings relating to the effectiveness of orthodontic treatment might be confounded by this social class factor.

scholarly journals O laicato e a classe média. Um diálogo com Clodovis Boff

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (315) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Sávio Carlos Desan Scopinho
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Pastoral Work ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Middle Class People ◽  
The Catholic Church

A proposta deste artigo é retomar um debate realizado na década de 90 do século passado que trata da relação entre agente de pastoral e povo. A partir das intuições de Clodovis Boff, pretende-se compreender o papel do laicato, particularmente da classe média, na pastoral com as massas. Na tentativa de definição de massa, povo, classe média e agente de pastoral, duas iniciativas são importantes nesse processo: a possibilidade da existência de uma pastoral da classe média e uma efetiva realização de um trabalho pastoral com as massas. A atualização da temática se torna pertinente por levantar uma questão ainda não devidamente resolvida pela pastoral da Igreja católica e por retomar uma possível teologia do laicato numa perspectiva libertadora e latino-americana.Abstract: The proposal is to retake a debate happened in the 1990s that deals with the relationship between pastoral agent and people. Based on Clodovis Boff ’s intuitions, it is intended to understand the role of the laity, particularly of the middle class, in pastoral work with the mass. In the attempt to define mass, people, middle class and pastoral agent, two initiatives are important in this process: the possibility of the existence of a middle class pastoral and an effective pastoral accomplishment work with the mass. The updating of this thematic becomes relevant for raise an issue not yet properly resolved by the pastoral of the Catholic Church and for retaking a possible theology of the laity from a liberating and Latin American perspective.Keywords: Pastoral agent; Middle class; People; Masses; Laity.

scholarly journals PANDANGAN DUNIA DEWI ANGGRAENI DALAM NOVEL MY PAIN MY COUNTRY: KAJIAN STRUKTURALISME GENETIK LUCIEN GOLDMANN (DEWI ANGGRAENI’S WORLD VIEW IN MY PAIN MY COUNTRY: LUCIEN GOLDMANN GENETIC STRUCTURALISM STUDY)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Derri Ris Riana
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Class Group ◽  
World View ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Lower Middle Class ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Dewi Anggraeni’s World View in My Pain My Country: Lucien Goldmann Genetic Structuralism Study. This research aims to uncover human facts, collective subject, the structure of the novel My Pain My Country, which illustrates the character's problems, both concerning other characters and the environment, and the worldview expressed by the author as part of a social class group supported by Dewi Anggraeni's authorship helped to reconstruct the author's worldview. The analysis uses genetic structuralism with a dialectical method based on the concept of understanding and explanation in finding coherence of meaning. The data source is Dewi Anggraeni’s novel ”My Pain My Country”. The results showed that the author described “My Pain My Country” as human facts through geographical, sociological, psychological, historical, and ideological facts. Dewi Anggraeni describes the collective subject in two different social classes, namely the Chinese ethnic group to be described as the capitalists and indigenous people as the proletarians. The structure of “My Pain My Country” was constructed by relating the characters and the environment. The author represented the relationship between the characters in human opposition. Meanwhile, the relationship between the characters and the environment were represented through natural, social and cultural oppositions. The structure of the novel reflected the Dewi Anggraeni’s worldview as a form of sympathy, not only towards the victims of the 1998 tragedy from Chinese but also towards the lower middle class of indigenous people; and world views on nationalism, justice, and Chinese integration. Key words: genetic structuralism, human fact, world view Abstrak Pandangan Dunia Dewi Anggraeni dalam Novel My Pain My Country: Kajian Strukturalisme Genetik Lucien Goldmann. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap fakta kemanusiaan; subjek kolektif; struktur novel My Pain My Country yang menggambarkan permasalahan tokoh, baik dalam hubungannya dengan tokoh lain maupun dengan lingkungannya; dan pandangan dunia yang diekspresikan pengarang sebagai bagian dari kelas sosial yang didukung oleh jejak kepengarangan yang turut merekonstruksi pandangan dunia Dewi Anggraeni. Analisis menggunakan strukturalisme genetik dengan metode dialektik yang berdasarkan pada konsep pemahaman dan penjelasan dalam menemukan koherensi makna. Sumber data adalah novel My Pain My Country karya Dewi Anggraeni. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa novel My Pain My Country sebagai fakta kemanusiaan digambarkan pengarang melalui fakta geografis, sosiologis, psikologis, historis, dan ideologis. Subjek kolektif dimunculkan Dewi Anggraeni dalam dua kelas sosial yang berbeda, yaitu kelompok etnis Tionghoa yang digambarkan sebagai kaum kapitalis dan pribumi sebagai proletar. Struktur novel My Pain My Country dibangun oleh hubungan antartokoh, serta tokoh dan lingkungan. Hubungan tokoh dan tokoh digambarkan dalam oposisi manusia. Sementara itu, hubungan tokoh dan lingkungan digambarkan melalui oposisi alamiah, sosial, dan kultural. Struktur novel itu merefleksikan pandangan dunia Dewi Anggraeni sebagai wujud keprihatinan, baik terhadap korban tragedi 1998 dari Tionghoa maupun kelompok menengah ke bawah, serta pandangan tentang nasionalisme, keadilan, dan integrasi Tionghoa. Kata-kata kunci: strukturalisme genetik, fakta kemanusiaan, pandangan dunia

scholarly journals The suit maketh the man: Masculinity and social class inKingsman: The Secret Service(Vaughn, 2014)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Secret Service ◽  
Lower Social Class ◽  
The Way

This article outlines the ways in which suits are synonymous with masculinity examining the, sometimes paradoxical, nature of suits worn by men of all social classes, and for different reasons. For example, hegemonic men wear suits in a bid to convey power, arguably, by rendering the wearers uniform in appearance so that the focus is on what hegemonic men might say and do, rather than how they might look. Moreover, the uniformity of suits is a means by which men of a lower social class demonstrate aspiration to a higher social class and might affect hegemonic power through wearing them. While much has been written about masculinity and suits, with many authors agreeing that the bespoke suit is at the pinnacle of the hierarchy of men’s clothing, yet there is a little attention paid to the way in which the bespoke suit is represented in media or popular culture. This article examines the role of clothing of the main characters in the filmKingsman: The Secret Service(2014) with a particular focus on the contribution that the bespoke suit makes to the masculinity of the bodies of the individuals within the film. Principally, the bespoke suit elevates the body of the wearer from quotidian to tailored, the fitting of which allows for better representation of a man’s body. It will explore representation of middle-class masculinity, hegemony and embodiment in the film, addressing the idea of whether wearing a bespoke suit can help a man transcend the boundaries of ‘chav’ masculinity, which is depicted as male subordination, and rise into middle-class hegemonic masculinity through the character of Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin (Taron Egerton).

Social class and envy among Chinese undergraduates: Victim justice sensitivity as a mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
You-Juan Hong ◽  
Rong-Mao Lin ◽  
Rong Lian
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
Justice Sensitivity ◽  
Lower Social Class ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Chinese Undergraduates

We examined the relationship between social class and envy, and the role of victim justice sensitivity in this relationship among a group of 1,405 Chinese undergraduates. The students completed measures of subjective social class, victim justice sensitivity, and dispositional envy. The results show that a lower social class was significantly and negatively related to envy and victim justice sensitivity, whereas victim justice sensitivity was significantly and positively related to envy. As predicted, a lower social class was very closely correlated with envy. In addition, individuals with a lower (vs. higher) social class had a greater tendency toward victim justice sensitivity, which, in turn, increased their envy. Overall, our results advance scholarly research on the psychology of social hierarchy by clarifying the relationship between social class and the negative emotion of envy.

The Relationship between the Protestant Ethic and Social Class for Afro-Caribbeans and Afro-Americans

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 645-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Virginia Gonsalves ◽  
Godwin Anthony Bernard
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Protestant Ethic ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ethic Scale

A comparison of the endorsement patterns on the Protestant Ethic scale indicated that the mean for 20 Afro-Caribbeans exceeded that of 22 Afro-Americans. However, middle-class individuals from the latter group gave most favorable endorsements of the items.

Self-segregation strategies through school choice in Chile: A middle-class domain?

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332110365
Author(s):  
Alejandro Carrasco ◽  
Manuela Mendoza ◽  
Carolina Flores
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Middle Class Families

Sociological research has shown that marketized educational systems favour middle-class families’ self-segregation strategies through school choice and, consequently, the reproduction of their social advantage over poorer families. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of capitals, habitus and strategy, we analyse quantitative and ethnographic data on parents’ school choice from Chile to introduce nuances to this argument, evincing more extended and complex mechanisms of self-segregation in the Chilean marketized educational system. We found that not only middle-class parents but also parents from different socioeconomic groups displayed self-segregating school choice strategies. We also found that these strategies were performed both vertically (in relation to other social classes) and horizontally (in relation to other groups within the same social class). These findings unwrap a possible stronger effect of the Chilean school choice system over segregation.

Edentulism and Trajectories of Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults: The Role of Dental Care Service Utilization

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 744-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sae Hwang Han ◽  
Bei Wu ◽  
Jeffrey A. Burr
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Service Utilization ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Dental Services

Objective: This study examined the associations between edentulism, dental care service utilization, and cognitive functioning trajectories among older adults. Method: Longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (2006-2014) were employed to examine individuals aged 51 and older who were identified as having normal cognition at baseline ( N = 12,405). Cognitive functioning was measured with a modified version of the Telephone Interview for Cognition Status. Edentulism was self-reported as total tooth loss at baseline. Dental care service utilization was measured by self-report of having visited a dentist at least once during the previous 2 years. Results: The results indicated that edentulism and dental care service utilization were independently associated with cognitive decline during the observation period. Findings also showed that dental care service utilization moderated the association between edentulism and cognitive decline. Discussion: The findings suggested that providing access to dental services may promote cognitive health and potentially reduce health care expenditures.

scholarly journals Brazilian new middle class stratagem: dialectics of consumption and renewal of the overexploitation of labor

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (88) ◽  
pp. 72-95
Author(s):  
Paulo Ricardo Zilio Abdala ◽  
Maria Ceci Misoczky
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Class Theory ◽  
Stratification Theory ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
New Middle Class ◽  
The Social

Abstract The argument of this essay is that the ideia of emergence of a new Brazilian middle class was a stratagem adopted to create a positive agenda with transitory social consensus. In order to develop it, we return to the social class theory to discuss the stratification theory, which is the methodological and theoretical support of the so called new middle class. In addition to that, another possibility of analysis is presented, based on the theoretical propositions by Alvaro Vieira Pinto and Ruy Mauro Marini, two authors from the Brazilian social thought, articulating consumption, social classes, work and production as inseparable relationships, part of dependent capitalism contradictions. From these authors´ perspective, it was possible to understand that the expansion of consumption, basis for the new middle class stratagem, temporarily improved the living conditions of people at the expense of deepening the overexploitation of labor, reproducing the development of dependency.

scholarly journals Relationship between triglyceride glucose index and the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the elderly: a retrospective cohort study in China

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e039804
Author(s):  
Chen Huanan ◽  
Li Sangsang ◽  
Adwoa Nyantakyiwaa Amoah ◽  
Bo Yacong ◽  
Chen Xuejiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Fatty Liver Disease ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
Tyg Index ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

ObjectiveNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the major causes of liver-related diseases but relationship between triglyceride glucose (TyG) and NAFLD in the elderly is not reported yet. In this study, we investigated the role of TyG index for predicting the incidence of NAFLD in the elderly.Design and settingThis is a prospective cohort study in Henan, China, from 2011 to 2018.Participants and methodsIn total, 46 693 elderly who participated in a routine physical examination programme from 2011 to 2018 were included in this study. TyG index was calculated as ln (fasting triglyceride (mg/dL)×fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)/2), while NAFLD was defined as hepatic steatosis after excluding other causes based on the results of abdominal ultrasonography; Cox regression model was performed to explore the relationship between TyG index and NAFLD. Also, mediation effect was used to analyse the role of the TyG index in WHtR (waist-to-height ratio) and NAFLD.ResultsDuring the 149 041 person-years follow-up, a total of 5660 NAFLD events occurred (3.80/100 person-years). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, quartiles 4 of TyG index significantly increased the incidence of NAFLD compared with quartile 1, the HRs and 95% CI were 1.314 (1.234 to 1.457). In addition, TyG index played a partial mediating role in the relationship between WHtR and NAFLD and indirect effect was 1.009 (1.006 to 1.011).ConclusionHigher TyG index was associated with higher risk of NAFLD in the aged, and therefore, TyG index may be a novel predictor for incidence of NAFLD. Further, regular examination and evaluation of the TyG index might be useful for controlling the occurrence of NAFLD.

A Comparison of Housewife Decision Making in Two Social Classes

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Fry ◽  
Frederick H. Siller
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Behavioral Differences ◽  
Observed Behavior

A field study employing a shopping simulation compared the purchasing behavior of working and middle class housewives. Explanations of behavioral differences were sought through an analysis of the respondents’ personal attributes. Substantial variation was found in the nature of decision making by social class, even when observed behavior was similar.

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