BBC missing something out?

The BBC have a class calculator on their website and it's a rich source of lefty thought.

Here's two examples; there are seven UP classes, the bottom one being described thus:

'Precariat

• Percentage of population 15%
  Average age 50

  This is the poorest and most deprived class group. People in this group score low for economic, social and cultural factors:
  

  • They tend to mix socially with people like them
  • Jobs in this group include cleaner, van driver and care worker
  • They tend not to have a broad range of cultural interests
  • People in this group often live in old industrial areas away from urban centres
  • More than 80% rent their home' 

   

Oddly no mention of unemployment being a reason for people being in this section.


The top section is described thus:
'Elite

• Percentage of population 6%
  Average age 57
  This is the wealthiest and most privileged group in the UK:
  
  • They are the UK's biggest earners
  • They score highest for social, cultural and economic factors
  • Many went to private school and elite universities - 24% of people in this group were privately educated, far more than in any other class group
  • This class is most likely to be found in London and the home counties
  • This group is exclusive and very hard to join, most come from very privileged backgrounds
  • 97% of people in this group own their own home

Hmm, 'This group is exclusive and very hard to join, most come from very privileged backgrounds'. Neither Mrs NotaSheep nor I came from privileged, let alone very privileged, backgrounds but we seem to be in this Elite group. My parents scrimped and saved to send me to a good school, likewise Mrs Notasheep's parents for her. Neither of us went to elite universities (a term undefined).