Social Class and Social Support
The Same or Different
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2326924 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Oakley, Lynda Rajan |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-59 |
| Publication date | 1991-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038591025001003 |
| OpenAlex | W1990538115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 24 |
This paper is concerned with themes taken from two different areas of sociological theory and investigation. The first relates to work on social class and social relationships and networks, within which a central issue has been the extent to which interpersonal ties are differentiated by occupationally-based class groups in modern society. The second area of work lies within the sociology of health and illness, and concerns the question of the health-promoting potential of social support. The paper draws on data from a study of a social support intervention in pregnancy involving 507 pregnant women in the Midlands and the South of England, and considers to what extent family, friendship and neighbourhood ties exhibit different patterns by occupational and other measures of class. The study findings suggest that working class women are not more closely involved with their relatives and are more isolated in terms of friends than middle class women; male domestic support is also less common in working class households. These patterns are discussed as part of the context within which services for the promotion of maternal and infant health are provided in modern industrial societies
Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Friendship · Geography · Health care · Interpersonal relationship · Interpersonal ties · Life chances · Neighbourhood (mathematics) · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social environment · Social science · Social support · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Working class · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.74 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2022 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |