bare bones xword 25.09.05

[ashfordshe]

19a) Plant which is sticky about taking in state dependent person (4) ?E?M

[wideboy]

geum ?

[Sixtus]

GEUM     -    gum  around  E  (E is a person dependant on the state, according to my dictionary - news to me!)

[wideboy]

Think E is one of the socio-political groupings the gvernment uses but can't find a suitable phrase for Google to find the list of groups. Anyone help?

[valerieb1254]

Found E in Collins Concise Dictionary.

E...A person without a regular income, or who is dependant on the state on a long term basis because of unemployment, sickness,old age, etc.

[wideboy]

Finally found the full definitions.

http://www.businessballs.com/demographicsclassifications.htm

social grade, social status, occupation
A upper middle class higher managerial, administrative or professional
B middle class intermediate managerial, administrative or professional
C1 lower middle class supervisory or clerical, junior managerial, administrative or professional
C2 skilled working class skilled manual workers
D working class semi and unskilled manual workers
E those at lowest level of subsistence state pensioners or widows (no other earner), casual or lowest grade workers

Also more detail at:-
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/guidelines/dialogue/guide.pdf
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