Social Stratification (Sociology Chapter 9)

The movement between or within social classes or strata is ____________.

What is the most important factor in upward mobility?

The owners in a communist society are the _____________.

Likelihood that individuals have of sharing in the opportunities and benefits of society

status differences between generations

What is the 2014 national poverty rate for people aged 18 to 64?

Factory workers, clerical workers, salespeople, some craft workers; 30% of population

Rewards that do not always reflect the social values of roles is a critique of which theory

The unequal sharing of scarce resources and social rewards

Marriage outside of your own social category

Class that is 1% of the population

What is the poverty threshold for 4 people if 2 are children?

What year did India outlaw discrimination against the untouchable caste?

The workers in a communist society are the _____________.

What is the 2014 national poverty rate?

What age group is most likely to live in poverty

Attend college or university, business executives, professionals

What is the poverty threshold for three People if 2 are children?

What is the poverty threshold for 2 people under 65 with no children?

What is the poverty threshold for three people if 2 are children?

movement within a class

on welfare; 3 percent of population

An example of a transfer payment:

____ ____defined social class in terms of who owns the means of production.

____ ____ believed class consisted of 3 factors: property, prestige, and power

The division of society into categories, ranks, or classes

Refers to the average number of years a person born in a particular year can expect to live

Name the lady that walked 10 1/2 miles to work in the "People like us" documentary.

movement between classes; can be upward or downward

Resources and rewards are distributed on the basis of ascribed statuses.