I am reading a British report on consumer concern about genetically modified food. There are a few initials for social groups: AB, C1C2, DE. I don't know what they refer to. Could you help me? The website is http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/gm_rep.pdf . Thanks.
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My guess is that A and B are the two highest social groups (high in terms of income or status), C1 and C2 are probably middle class, and D and E would be the two lowest social groups.
It seems to me that these designations were probably created by the people who did the study. I doubt that these are commonly used or "standard" designations for various social groups i