ACORN System

This system is used to portray the public in a system that can define classes. More information at http://www.caci.co.uk/acorn/acornmap.asp

A band are the upper middle class they usally take on jobs like higher managerial, administrative or professional.

B band would be middle class and have jobs like intermediate managerial, administrative or professional

C1 bandare the lower middle class they are normally supervisory or clerical, junior managerial, administrative or professional

C2 band is skilled working class usally skilled manual workers

D band are working class they work as semi and unskilled manual workers

E bandthese are those at lowest level of subsistence they are state pensioners or widows (no other earner), casual or lowest grade workers.