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Title: Socioeconomic Status


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Socioeconomic Status
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Social Class
  • Social Stratification- strata means layers

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Primary Criteria for Determining Social Class
  • Occupation
  • Income
  • Educational level

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Upper Class
  • Upper-Upper Class (UUC)-BLUE BLOODS
  • Inherited wealth
  • Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Astor, Carnegie, Stewart
  • No financial problems
  • Leisure and education

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Upper Class Contd
  • Lower-Upper Class (LUC)-
  • Nouveau Riche
  • Attempt to mirror UUC
  • No long heritage of money or status

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Middle Class White Collar
  • Upper-Middle Class (UMC)
  • High amounts of prestige and income
  • Middle-Middle Class (MMC)
  • High income yet usually lack prestige
  • Lower-Middle Class (LMC)

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Characteristics and Values of Middle Classes
  • Respect
  • Education
  • Family centered
  • Suburban
  • Religion
  • Solid Citizen

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Lower Class Blue Collar
  • Upper-Lower Class (ULC)
  • Skilled laborers
  • Middle-Lower Class (MLC)
  • Unskilled workers/Semi-skilled
  • Lower-Lower Class (LLC)
  • Viewed as underclass, underprivileged

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Characteristics of Lower Classes
  • Marriage parenthood comes early
  • Minimal socialization
  • Physical punishment more common

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MAIN POINT
  • MUTUAL RESPECT
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