Chapter Ten

10.1-What is Social Class

Property- material possessions, physical assets

Power- ability to carry out your will over others

Prestige- respect or regard

Status Inconsistency- ranking high or low on social class

10.2- Sociological Models of Social Class

Marx

two social classes-capitalists and workers

Weber

six tier social matter

10.3- Consequences of Social Class

Physical Health- higher social class leads to more prominent health and lower social class leads to less prominent health

Mental Health- higher social class leads to more prominent mental health and lower social class leads to less mental prominent health

Family Life- Choice of husband or wife, divorce likelihood and child-rearing tactics

Education- education increases as an individual goes up the social ladder

Religion- different types of religion tend to attract and gravitate towards different social classes

Politics- Higher class people tend to vote more republican, lower class people tend to vote more democratic

Crime- lower class people tend to be more likely to be punished harshly for committing the same crime as a higher class person

10.4- Social Mobility

Three Types of Social Mobility

Intergenerational- family members making changes in social class from one generation to the next
Upward Social- movement up the social class ladder
Downward Social- movement down the social class ladder

10.5- Poverty

Poverty and Poor Line- incomes that are less than three times a low cost food budget classify if you are poor

Proving Poverty Patterns

10.6- Dynamics of Poverty vs the Culture of Poverty

Why Are People Poor?