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| The hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources. |
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| The extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources such as food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care. |
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| The movement of indivudals or groups from one level in a stratification system to another (one socioeconomic class to another) |
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| Intergenerational Mobility |
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| The social movement (upward or downward) experienced by family members from one generation ot the next. |
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| An extreme form of stratification in which some people are owned by others. |
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| A system of social inequality in which people's status is permanently determined at birth based on their parent's ascribed characeristics. |
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| A type of stratification based on the ownership and control of resources and on the type of work that people do. |
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| Capitalist Class (Bourgeoisie) |
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| Marx's term for class who own the means of production. |
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| Working Class (or Proletariat) |
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| Those who must sell their labor to the owners in order to earn enough money to survive. |
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| Karl Marx's term for struggle between capitalist class and the working class. |
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| A feeling of powerlessness and estrangement form other people and from oneself. |
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| The value of all of a person's or family's economic assets, including income, personal property, and income-producing property. |
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| The respect or regard with which a person or status position is regarded by others. |
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| The ability of people or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from others. |
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| Socioeconomic Status [SES] |
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| A Combined measure that, in order to determine class location, attempts to classify individuals, families, or households in terms of factors such as income, occupation, and education. |
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Dennis Gilbert and Joseph A. Kahl's social class model is based on the following:
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2.Occupation and head of household
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| Occupation and head of household |
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Dennis Gilbert and Joseph A. Kahl's social class model is based on the following:
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Dennis Gilbert and Joseph A. Kahl's social class model is based on the following:
1.Education
2.Occupation of head of household
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| Consists of about 1 percent of the population. Included the 'upper-upper class' and the 'lower-upper class' |
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| Consists of about 14 percent of the population. This class usually includes highly educated professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and business professionals. |
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| Consists of about 30 percent of the population. This class usually consists of individuals with a post-secondary education or high-skilled laborers. Nurses, teachers, managers, semi-professionals and others comprise this class. |
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| Approximately 30 percent of U.S. is in this class. Individuals in this class may be semi-skilled workers, factory workers, sales personnel, or service sector employees. |
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| Comprise about 20 percent of the U.S. population. Individuals in this class work in service industries, temporary jobs, unskilled jobs and seasonal employment. |
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| Individuals in this class may be unemployed or periodically unemployed, disabled, others may receive public |
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| Has most of the wealth and power in society via ownership of corporations, banks, news and entertainment industries. Members of this class may also have political positions. |
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| Members of this class have control over the means of production and their employees but they may not own the means of production. This class may consist of upper-level managers, supervisors, physicians, engineers, lawyers and other professionals. |
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| This class includes small business owners who may have employees but they (the owners) tend to do their own work as well. |
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| Consists of pink collar (refers to female dominated, low-paying but non manual jobs) and blue collar (skilled or semi-skilled laborers or supervisors) workers. |
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| The economic gain derived from wages, salaries, transfers (government aid), and ownership of property. |
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| Includes property, bank account funds, corporate stocks, bonds, and insurance policies. |
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| Physical Health, Mental Health, and Nutrition |
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| Poor people tend to have higher rates of chronic disease or illnesses, less access to medical care, mental health issues, and poor nutrition than their wealthier counterparts. |
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| lack of affordable housing, substandard housing, and homelessness are consequences of inequality. |
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| Funcionalists see the educational system as improving in terms of access to education for women, the poor, and minorities while conflict theorists view the educational system as one the reproduces the capitalist class system and inequality. |
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| The federal income standard that is based on what is considered to be the minimum amount of money required for living at a subsistence level. |
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