Exam 2: Social Class

Which sociological perspective asserts that during periods of economic crisis, the state expands welfare rolls to pacify the poor and reduce the likelihood of serious uprising?

The term life chances, coined by Max Weber, explains how each social position provides access to ______.

What was the intent of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act?

The USDA based the poverty threshold on the 1955 Household Food Consumption Survey, which found that families of three or more people spent about ______ of their after-tax income on food.

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, there is no state in the United States where a low-income worker can reasonably afford a modest 1- or 2-bedroom rental unit.

Wealth is more equally distributed than income.

What is the average monthly benefit for an individual receiving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?

Separate poverty guidelines exist for those living in Alaska and Hawaii versus the rest of the United States.

______ refers to a situation where some people fall below the average income or life style enjoyed by the rest of society.

Based on 2016 figures, which group in the United States has the highest percentage of its members in poverty?

What is the term for a set of norm, values and beliefs that encourage and perpetuate poverty?

Black and Hispanic workers are more than twice as likely as white and Asian workers to be working poor.

The Supplemental Poverty Measure considers which of these important factors in lifting families out of poverty?

The feminist perspective points out that U.S. welfare policy is shaped by which of these?

Jane is interested in how the poor provide necessary services for society such as providing jobs for those who serve them. Jane is examining poverty through the ______ perspective.

Social stratification refers to ______.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal provided assistance for which of these categories?

The working poor often encounter housing problems.

Based on 2016 U.S. poverty figures, what race has the highest numbers of poor in the United States?

Food insecurity is ______ in large cities than it is in rural areas.