Social Stratification

Which of the following would be considered part of a person’s wealth?

• her tax forms
• her clothes and other personal possessions
• a paycheck she will receive next Friday
• a house that she rents

Which of the following is least likely to live in poverty in the United States today?

• a 30-year-old white man
• an African American mother of two preschoolers
• a 14-year-old Latino boy
• a mentally ill 45-year-old white woman

When you add up all the economic resources a person has, such as her savings, home, personal property, etc., you have determined that person’s

• caste.
• power.
• wealth.
• prestige.

Movement to an upper or lower social class due to occupation

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

Movement from one occupation to another within the same social class

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

Movement to an upper or lower social class over the course of a generation

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

Movement to an upper or lower social class within one generation

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

The absence of enough money to secure life's necessities

• Absolute poverty
• Relative poverty

After attending night school for five years, Sondra moves from a job as a warehouse worker to a job as a bank executive. This is most likely an example of

• intergenerational mobility.
• horizontal mobility.
• vertical mobility.
• the caste system.

A disabled 56-year-old man with no source of income other than disability payments from the federal government most likely belongs to the

• middle class.
• lower-upper class.
• working poor.
• underclass.