Upper Class / Maharlika

These were the top most authority holder in this hierarchy and the richest of all in the Philippines social hierarchy. This
social class further got divided and sub divided as follow:
Class I This was the class of leader of the society and his family. It incorporated the following:

Datu
Datus Family

Class II These were inferior to Datu and his family but superior to rest of the people of Philippine. The people in this
class were involved in administrative works like trading, lawmaking, warfare, implementing of the laws, handling and
taking care of rituals and religion.

Umalahokan
Gat
Lakan

Middle Class
This was the middle level social class of the hierarchy. It further incorporated two social classes that are portrayed as
below. Just have a look:

Timawa These were the Freed Slaves. They bought their freedom by some possible mean. They were
engaged in agriculture, boat making, livestock, carpentry, hunting, fishing and many more such manual work.
They were allowed to get married and had family of their own.
Aliping Namamahay These were also sort of slaves but had some rights provided by their owners. They could
get themselves free by any means possible at that time. When an Aliping Namamahay bought his freedom, he
then became a Timawa.

Lower Class
This was the lowest class of the hierarchy. It further incorporated into two classes that are described as below:

Aliping Sangigilid This was the poorest class of the Philippines social hierarchy. These people had zero or
negligible rights. They were not allowed to own a property in the country. They were not even allowed to get
married. They were pretty much like slaves who could be traded or even sold out by their owners and were not
allowed to repulse their masters decision.
Alipin This was the lowest most class in Philippines social hierarchy. These were people who had done crime
in the past. People would inherit the Alipin blood from their criminal parents. There were also some other sort
of Alipin who were buried under huge debts.

The latest Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) offers
some, albeit not that exhaustive, information about income classes in the country. However, instead of dividing the
Philippine population into Classes A, B, C, D or E, the NSCB simply grouped the country into three segments: the high
income, middle income, and low income groups.
High income segments are families or people earning an average of P200,000 a month or P2.4 million a year. Thus,
they may be described as the rich segment. They are very few, numbering only 0.1% of total families in the
Philippines.
Predictors of Wealth
The NSCB also identified three predictors that are consistently significant for the high income group. These are:

household head working as corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors, supervisors, officials of
government and special interest organizations;
owns at least three air conditioning units; and
owns at least three cars / vehicles

This means if the household head is a top executive or business owner or a politician, the family owns at least 3 cars,
and their house has at least 3 aircon units, then that family is most probably rich.
Elite
Members of the elite class are the top 6% of British society with very high economic capital (particularly savings), high
social capital, and very 'highbrow' cultural capital. Occupations such as chief executive officers, IT and
telecommunications directors, marketing and sales directors; functional managers and
directors, barristers and judges,financial managers, higher education teachers, dentists, doctors
and advertising and public relations directors were strongly represented. However, those in the established and

'acceptable' professions, such as academia, law and medicine are more traditional upper middle class identifiers with
IT and sales being the preserve of the economic if not social middle class.
Established middle class
Members of the established middle class, about 25% of British society, reported high economic capital, high status of
mean social contacts, and both high highbrow and high emerging cultural capital. Well-represented occupations
included electrical engineers, occupational therapists, midwives, environmental professionals, police officers, quality
assurance and regulatory professionals, town planning officials, and special needs teaching professionals.
Technical middle class
The technical middle class, about 6% of British society, shows high economic capital, very high status of social
contacts, but relatively few contacts reported, and moderate cultural capital. Occupations represented include medical
radiographers, aircraft pilots, pharmacists, natural and social science professionals and physical scientists,
and business,research, and administrative positions.
New affluent workers
New affluent workers, about 15% of British society, show moderately good economic capital, relatively poor status of
social contacts, though highly varied, and moderate highbrow but good emerging cultural capital. Occupations
include electricians and electrical fitters; postal workers; retail cashiers and checkout operatives; plumbers and
heating and ventilation engineers; sales and retail assistants; housing officers; kitchen and catering assistants; quality
assurance technicians.
Traditional working class
The traditional working class, about 14% of British society, shows relatively poor economic capital, but some housing
assets, few social contacts, and low highbrow and emerging cultural capital. Typical occupations include electrical
and electronics technicians; care workers; cleaners; van drivers; electricians; residential, day, and domiciliary care.
Emergent service sector
The emergent service sector, about 19% of British society, shows relatively poor economic capital, but reasonable
household income, moderate social contacts, high emerging (but low highbrow) cultural capital. Typical occupations
include bar staff, chefs, nursing auxiliaries and assistants, assemblers and routine operatives, care workers,
elementary storage occupations, customer service occupations, musicians.
Precariat
The precariat, about 15% of British society, shows poor economic capital, and the lowest scores on every other
criterion. Typical occupations include cleaners, van drivers, care workers, carpenters and joiners, caretakers, leisure
and travel service occupations, shopkeepers and proprietors, and retail cashiers.
Partisan Politics
Political identity frequently refers to a specific political party affiliation or partisan identity. For many voters, belonging
to a political party is not simply a voting decision. In the U.S., being a Democrat or a Republican is an important
expression of a person's views on life; partisan affiliation signifies membership in a group that defines a worldview and
a core set of common values. As political parties benefit from political identity of this kind -- since it makes for very
loyal and reliable voters -- parties seek to cultivate partisan loyalty among their members.
Race and Identity
Political identity can also be shaped by race. For example, in the U.S., prior to the passage of the13th Amendment,
race determined whether a human being could legally be another's property. Until the dismantlement of legal
segregation in the 1950s and 60s, race often determined whether citizens could vote, with whom they could
associate, where they went to school and other fundamental aspects of life. Moreover, between 1924 and 1965, race
determined who was and was not eligible to immigrate to the United States. Scholars such as Aziz Rana state that
racial inequalities in housing, employment, criminal justice and other areas continue to shape American life along
politicized racial lines.
Class and Identity
Another possible factor that shapes political identity can be economic class. Peoples interests, outlook and life
prospects are frequently conditioned by their economic circumstances. For instance, factory workers may be very
different from one another in a variety of ways, yet they share a very basic set of common experiences that comes
from their shared condition as factory workers. As workers, they have in common a set of interests, hardships and

goals. The same is true of hedge fund managers, farm laborers, nurses, high school teachers and university professors.
As the political theorist Adolph Reed argues, membership in an economic class is an important form of political identity.
Colonialism and Identity
A fourth example of political identity occurred under colonialism. Many colonial societies operated by distinguishing
the identities of native subjects, who enjoyed fewer rights and liberties from European settlers. Sometimes this
identity was race-based, such as in Belgian Rwanda. Often, as in British India and French Algeria, colonists used their
ideas of custom and culture as a basis for distinguishing the native as a kind of political identity and subject that
required European governance.