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Sociology: Your Compass for a New World Robert J. Brym and John Lie Wadsworth Group/Thomson Learning © 2003

Chapter 7 Social Stratification: Global and American Perspectives Supplementary Slides

Household Income Inequality, U.S.A., (Quintile Ratio) Year Quintile Ratio Source: U.S. Census Bureau (1998a). Note: The quintile ratio is the percent of total national income earned by the top 20% of households divided by the percent of total national income earned by the bottom 20% of households.

Household Income Shares, U.S.A., (by Quintile) Year Quintile Ratio Source:U.S. Census Bureau (1998a). Bottom Quintile Top Quintile Middle 60% Change Bottom 20% Middle 60% Top 20% Total

Percent of Population With Low Income, Selected Countries, Percent Source: U.S. Luxembourg Income Study (1999b). Sweden Germany Canada Italy U.K. U.S.A. Russia

Source: Luxembourg Income Study “LIS Inequality Indices” (1999). On the World Wide Web at (4 June 2001). Income Inequality for Households, Selected Countries, mid-1990s (Gini index) Gini index

Type of Health Insurance Coverage Americans Had in 1995 Percent Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, 1997 Population Profile of the United States (Washington D.C.: 1998) p. 36. On the World Wide Web at (21 May 2001).