A persons social class has a significant impact on their physical health, their ability to receive adequate medical care and nutrition, and their life expectancy. They are unable to use healthcare as often as people of higher status and when they do, it is often of lower quality.

What is a persons social class?

A social class is a set of concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification which occur in a class society, in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes.

What are the advantages of social differences?

Here are a few specific advantages: Leveraging a cross-cultural (in the broadest sense of the word) awareness to identify opportunities and avoid blind spots. Increasing the productivity of employees who feel valued. Improving an organizations employer brand and, therefore, ability to recruit and retain talent.