stats/facts
whats caused the increase number of children living in poverty?
Worsened by increasing rates of divorce, seperation, and single-parent families
name 3 issues homless people face
Drug/alcohol abuse, Mental health problems, Lack/decline of public mental hospitals, Insufficient income, Lack of affordable housing/rising cost of housing
what percenatge of Americans are considered working class?
30%
what is absolute poverty?
to not meeting the minimal requirements necessary to sustain a healthy existence (ex. No access to food, healthcare, education, etc.)
define super rich
super rich - people who have accumulated vast fortunes that permit them to enjoy a unimaginable lifestyle to most Americans
what percentage of the upper class is aware of their privlege?
1%
where do lower class people typically live?
rural areas
what percentage of Americans belong to the upper class?
20%
what race or ethnicity has the highest number of people livinng in poverty
Black
define poverty line
an official government measure to define those living in poverty in the United States based on cost estimates for families of different sizes
ewhat percent of the US work force is working poor?
5.6%
why were people so drawn to a middle class life in the past?
middle class jobs provided benefits
what percentage of Americans belong to the lower class?
29%
what percentage of people in the US live under the poverty line?
12%
define working poor
people who work at least 27 weeks a year but whose earnings are not enough to lift them above the poverty line
what percentage of homeless are children and families in the US?
33%
what political party most favors the redistribution of wealth?
democrats
name three ways one accumulates wealth
Globalization
Entrepreneurs that invest globally
Generational wealth
The information revolution
what percentage of Americans live in extreme poverty?
6%
define culture of poverty
The culture of poverty refers to the values, beliefs, lifestyles, habits and traditions that are common among people living under conditions of material deprivation.
how many people out of ten believe that the economic system favors the wealthy.
6
who's idea was this "since people seldom interact with tthose outside their social class, they tend to see themselves as being like most other people"
Jonathan Kelley and M.D.R. Evans
what social stratification is most politcially involved
middle class
where is relative poverty most prevelant in the world?
industrialized countries
define dependency culture
individuals who rely on a state welfare provision rather than entering the labor market. The dependency culture us seen as an outcome of the paternalistic welfare state that undermines individual ambition and people’s capacity for self help