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In this system, people own others as property and have almost total control over their lives.
What is Slavery?
The overall ranking of a persons position in society based on income, education, and occupation.
What is Socioeconomic status?
When it comes to social class, ______ depends on structural, demographic, and family background factors, which are all interrelated
What is Social Mobility?
The bourgeoisie, proletariat, and meritocracy are all a part of this theory.
What is Conflict Theory?
In this system, peoples positions are based on birth and achievement
What is the Class system?
This class includes upper-level managers, professionals, and medium sized business owners
What is the Upper Middle Class?
This data ranges from 97 in some low income countries in Africa and 3 in affluent Western European countries.
What is Infant Mortality Rate?
This theory states that people fill necessary social positions in order for the society to function at a macro level
What is Functionalist Theory?
About ___% of the wealth distribution lies with the top 10 percent of people in the United States.
What is 77%?
This group of people are persistently poor, residentially segregated, and relatively isolated from the rest of the population
What is the Underclass?
This movement, up or down, of ones social class over one’s lifetime
What is Intragenerational mobility?
Feminist theory maintains that social stratification benefits this group.
What is Males?
This race/ethnicity group had an average household wealth of $85K in 2013.
What is Black non-Hispanic?
The wealthiest Americans are now living ___ to ___ years longer than the poorest
What is 10-15 years?
_____ is the infant mortality rate Idaho for 2022
What is 5.1?
This theory does not explain why social stratification exists
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
What was the average median household income in Idaho?
What is $58,915?
From 1971-2015 the middle class has shrunk ___%
What is 11%?
_____ is the average of wealth per adult in the world.
What is $52,819?
Through a functionalist perspective, this theory provides an explanation of why firefighters are valued more than grocery store workers
What is the David-Moore Thesis?