A group of people who have similar social standing based on wealth, property, education, power, and/or prestige is called a/n social category. social class. social caste. social group. social aggregate.
In the U.S., the top one percent of U.S. households has _____ of all wealth and _____ of all income.
10%; 20%
17%; 34%
29%; 59%
34%; 17%
52%; 34%
Funeral directors earn a healthy salary, but score low on the occupational prestige scale. This is an example of role reversal. role discrepancy. status inconsistency. status roles. a bad publicist.
Identify which social class the following description illustrates: People in this social class generally have occupations which require advanced education and degrees. upper-upper class lower-upper class upper-middle class lower-middle class working class
Compared to thirty-five years ago, the number of people living in poverty has increased. decreased. stayed the same. fluctuated. None of the above – poverty statistics were not collected thirty-five years ago.
_____ poverty is not having enough money to maintain an average standard of living expected (at least in the understanding of the person) comparing themselves to others.
Absolute
Relative
Subjective
Objective
Qualified
Children make up 25% of the U.S. population, and _____ of the poor.
15%
25%
36%
45%
55%
The term _____ is used to describe the likelihood that female heads of households will be poor.
“glass ceiling”
“feminization of households”
“female poverty”
“feminization of poverty”
“feminization of single-mothers”
Criminologists rely on ___to understand criminal behavior. intuition common sense scientific methods all of the above none of the above
U.S. recidivism has
a. increased since 1980.
b. decreased since 1980.
c. remained about