Who Are the Contemporary British Petty Bourgeoisie?

Abstract

ROGER BURROWS IS A LECTURER IN sociology at the University of Surrey, England. This paper uses data from the 1985 General household Survey to investigate the determnants of a contemporary petty bourgeoisie class status in the United status in the United Kingdom. The analysis is based on a logisticd regression procedure which allows for amultivariate analysis of the sort seldom found within the current small business research literature. Independent variables examiend are social class origins, highest education qualifications and gender. He finds that the group with the highest probability of being member of the petty bourgeoisie is men from employer and manager backgrounds, who have some kind of aprenticenship as their highest form of educational attainment. The Group with the lowest Probability is women from non-petty bourgeoise backgrounds who have some form of post compulsory schooling qualifications.