Stratification: Global & America

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A Social Class is...

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a grouping of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige

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Value of a person’s property (what they own)

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Wealth

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Wages from a job, rent, interest, and royalties.

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Income

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Higher pay, higher education, abstract thought, and self-direction are characteristics of-

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Prestige

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Wealth is inherited, is apart of the 1%, and old money. What class does this describe?

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Upper Upper class

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Not fully accepted in the upper-upper class and portray characteristics that they grew up in.

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Lower-Upper Class

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Higher chances of early death, more likely to smoke and/or abuse drugs, and less likely to have health care.

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Lower Class

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Low skilled workers, often out of work, and live paycheck to paycheck.

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Lower-Lower Class

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Associate status with security, largest class, and are known as "blue collar."

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Upper-Lower class

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Non-managerial workers, or highly-paid blue collar workers, and identify status with good citizenship

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Lower-Middle Class