Exam 4: Class Privilege

The distribution of income in the United States shows

Since the 1970s, the movement of workers from industry to service jobs has resulted in substantial increases in real wages.

The social class that has been hardest hit by deindustrialization has been the

What are the major changes in sectors of the economy that have occurred over the past 100 years? How have these affected occupations and class structure? What are the current trends in occupation growth, and what effect will these likely have on the distribution of income?

Most Americans identify themselves as belonging to the middle class.

In the United States, wealth is more concentrated than income.

Female-headed households earn less than married couple households among white non-Hispanic Americans, but not among African Americans and Hispanic Americans.

For Karl Marx, the key determiner of social class was

One of the occupations with the lowest wages is personal care and service.

What economic and social forces tend to make wealth so concentrated in the United States? What are the consequences of this concentration of wealth?

Typically, agribusiness attempts to produce more at lower cost through the use of

In the United States, many retired people are concentrated

The poorest 45% of the U.S. population, on balance, control

In the United States, professionals and managers with advanced degrees and family incomes of $120,000 or more comprise the

Give the three key determiners of social class examined in the chapter.

Since 1979, all U.S. households have seen their family income decline.

The wealthiest sector of the U.S. population receives most of its money from:

A major transition in the past several decades has been the movement of workers from the industrial sector to the service sector.

A controversial term used for those excluded from the formal economy and stuck in multifaceted poverty is

List the six-part outline of the American class structure created by Gilbert and Kahl.