Awareness of Social Class, and Its Dimensions and Consequences among Iranian Students

This paper presents data from two surveys of attitudes and awareness of Iranian students in 1382 and 1394 to analyze their knowledge and attitude toward social class and its importance. The main goal is to analyze the students’ awareness of their social class, their attitude toward the impact of social class in achieving social and economic opportunities, and the correspondence of objective indicators and subjective about social class. The data was interpreted according to Weber. Findings showed that the majority of students considered themselves to be of a social class, and believed that people were aware of class differences in society. There is a correspondence between the students’ socio-economic status and their economic awareness about social class. Results indicated that most students considered themselves as belonging to the middle class. In addition, most respondents believe that social class affects on achieving social and economic opportunities. Nevertheless, more than half of them hope that after graduation and employment, they will be of a higher social class.