Deck 10: Stratification and Social Class: Urban and Suburban Lifestyles

Question 1

In 2013, the official poverty rate was percent.

A) 8.2
B) 10.4
C) 14.5
D) 18.3

Answer 1

C

Question 2

percent of the foreign-born live in a U.S. central city.

A) Fourteen
B) Twenty-four
C) Thirty-four
D) Forty-six and one half

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Some urban neighborhoods have such extreme levels of poverty and unemployment that social scientists call them

A) hyperghettos.
B) inner-city slums.
C) the projects.
D) tent cities.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

is the hierarchical ranking within a society of various social class groups according to wealth, power, and prestige.

A) Socioeconomic status
B) Power
C) Wealth
D) Social stratification

Question 5

In his comprehensive "Yankee City" study of social stratification, W. Lloyd Warner used which of the following methods?

A) Self-placement
B) Reputational
C) Subjective
D) Objective

Question 6

In 2010, percent of all U.S. Hispanics lived in suburbs.

A) 29
B) 39
C) 49
D) 59

Question 7

About percent of the population falls into the category of lower class.

A) 50
B) 40
C) 30
D) 20

Question 8

In New York City in 2012, one out of residents were poor.

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 9

The largest percentage of Americans resides within the class.

A) working
B) upper
C) middle
D) lower

Question 10

"DINKs" are

A) African American urban professionals.
B) young professional couples with nerdy jobs.
C) young professional couples without children.
D) old white professionals nearing retirement.

Question 11

described wealth, status, and power as the major dimensions of social stratification.

A) Max Weber
B) Karl Marx
C) George Simmel
D) Emile Durkheim

Question 12

Beauregard claimed that to be middle class meant to have more than money. It also included having

A) a successful family life.
B) many material items.
C) a stable career.
D) long-standing relationships.

Question 13

is a composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality.

A) Socioeconomic status
B) Wealth
C) Social stratification
D) Power

Question 14

One of the poorest and most densely populated neighborhoods in Los Angeles,

A) Gage Park.
B) Pico-Union.
C) Little Latino.
D) Coxwell.

Question 15

Which of the following most closely resembles the suburban stereotype?

A) Tuxedo Park, New York
B) Grosse Point Shores, Michigan
C) Darien, Connecticut
D) South Barrington, Illinois

Question 16

Grand Rapids, Michigan is characterized in the text as reflecting an) neighborhood.

A) upper-class
B) mixed-income
C) working-class
D) low-income

Question 17

Once identified as low-income neighborhoods, Logan Square, West Town, the Near West Side, and the Near South Side are now among most desirable residential areas.

A) New York City's
B) Milwaukee's
C) Chicago's
D) Toronto's

Question 18

Which of the following best represents the caricature created to illustrate low-income urban neighborhoods?

A) Folksy
B) Ghettos
C) Clean
D) Industrious

Question 19

Herbert Gans referred to a city's working-class neighborhoods as

A) ethnic villages.
B) inner-city enclaves.
C) gemeinschafts.
D) immigrant towns.

Question 20

Zip code 10065 is the most prestigious one in New York City, for it encompasses much of , the country's most affluent neighborhood.

A) the Bronx
B) Manhattan's Upper East Side
C) Queens
D) Staten Island

Question 21

Today's upper-class suburbs resemble the old aristocratic ones of yesteryear.

Question 22

Zip code 10065 is the most prestigious one in New York City.

Question 23

Unlike the immigrant poor of the past, today's poor inner-city residents face social isolation.

Question 24

In every nation of the world, people are ranked in a social hierarchy that determines their quality of life.

Question 25

Most cities lack mixed-income neighborhoods.

Question 26

Working-class suburbs began to disappear after World War II.

Question 27

Sociologist E. Digby Baltzell was born into the lower class.

Question 28

Minority suburbanization is most pronounced in metropolitan regions of 500,000 or more.

Question 29

Robbins, Illinois, is a fast-growing suburb that consists mostly of upper-class whites.

Question 30

More Asians live in suburbia than any other racial or ethnic category.

Question 31

The main distinction between W. Lloyd Warner's upper-upper and lower-upper classes was essentially that of "old money" and "new money."

Question 32

Most of the middle class lives in the city, not in the suburbs.

Question 33

The disparity between rich and poor is simply a matter of difference in incomes.

Question 34

If we compare income data by residence, we find that those living outside central cities in metropolitan areas are better off than those living within central cities.

Question 35

Chicago's Gold Coast is the wealthiest urban neighborhood in the United States.

Question 36

The lower class consists of about 40 percent of the population.

Question 37

Herbert Gans referred to urban working-class neighborhoods as ethnic villages.

Question 38

In 2009, nearly half of the eligible population had never married.

Question 39

Today's suburbs fit the white, middle-class, and family-with-kids stereotype.

Question 40

In 2011, the population of Pico-Union in Los Angeles was 85 percent Hispanic.

Question 41

Based on the text's discussion, discuss suburban social class diversity.

Question 42

Compare and contrast upper-class, middle-class, working-class, mixed income, and low- income urban neighborhoods. Give an example of each.

Question 43

Briefly discuss each of Max Weber's three dimensions of social stratification.

Question 44

Based on the text's discussion, outline the disparity of income distribution in the United States today.

Question 45

What are "DINKS"? Give an example.