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Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Dimensions of Inequality Wealth –The top 1% of wealth holders controlled 29.5% of total household wealth while the bottom 50% had just 5.6% of the wealth. Income –The share of the national income by the richest 20% of households was 49.8%, while the bottom 20% received only 3.4% of the nation’s income in 2003.

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Dimensions of Inequality Education –The children of the poor and uneducated tend not to do well in school and eventually drop out, while the children of the educated well-to- do tend to continue in school (regardless of ability. Occupation –The degree of prestige and difference accorded to occupations is variable.

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Figure 10.1 – Median Annual Income for Full-Time Workers by Educational Attainment for People 25 Years Old and Over by Race and Hispanic Origin: 2000 Source: U.S Bureau of the Census, “Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2000.” Current Population Reports. Series P Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Social Classes Social class is a complex concept that centers on the distribution of economic resources. The dominant view is that there is no clear class boundaries, except perhaps those delineating the highest and lowest classes.

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 The Order Model’s Conception of Social Class Order theorists place individuals into social classes according to occupation. Each social class shares a similar lifestyle. –Upper-upper class –Lower-upper class –Upper-middle class –Lower-middle class –Upper-lower class –Lower-lower class

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 The Conflict Model’s Conception of Social Class Conflict theorists focus on money and power, rather than lifestyle. –Social class is a number of individuals who occupy a similar position within the social relations of economic production. Ruling class Professional-managerial class Small-business owners Working class Poor

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Effects of Social Class Physical Health Family Instability EducationJustice The Draft The Consequences of Social Class Positions

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Social Mobility Caste System –Determines status by heredity –Allows marriage to occur only within one’s status group –Determines occupation by heredity –Restricts interaction among the status groups

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Social Mobility –Refers to an individual’s movement within –the class structure of society Vertical mobility Horizontal mobility Intergenerational Mobility Intragenerational Mobility

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Education and Social Mobility Educational attainment, especially receiving the college degree, is the most important predictor of success in the U.S. However, a college education is becoming more difficult to attain for the less than affluent.

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Poverty in the United States The U.S. has the highest proportion of its population living in poverty. Racial Minorities Nativity Gender The Elderly The Geography of Poverty The Severely Poor

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Figure 10.2 – Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2003 Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, 1960 to 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplements; U.S. Bureau of the Census “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States 2003.” Current Population Reports, P (August 2004):9.

Copyright © Allyn and Bacon 2007 Myths about Poverty Refusal to Work Welfare Dependency The Poor Get Special Advantages Welfare is an African American and Latino Program