Exam 4: Social Class Variations in Us Families

The classification of one's position in a modern system of inequality based on levels of education, occupational prestige, and income is called _________________ status.

Women in wealthy upper class families were found to

Data from a large, national representative sample revealed that three-quarters of welfare recipients did not grow up in households that received welfare.

Living in poverty during adolescence has a larger negative impact on a child than living in poverty at any other age.

Positive perceptions of one's neighborhood are related to:

A review of studies on upward social mobility suggested stressful emotional relationships, tension, and parent-child estrangement associated with such mobility.

Empirical studies of social mobility suggest that:

Define, give examples of, and explain the "feminization of poverty."

Describe how families in poverty survive. How important are public assistance programs, work requirements, kin, and friends?

As of 2000, the poverty rate was highest for

The poverty index takes into account

Families at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale are more likely to be non-traditional in there views on gender roles.

Plybon and Kliewer found that objective measures of low poverty and low crime in communities were correlated with lower levels of family stress.

Vertical social mobility refers to movement up or down from one social class to another.

What are some of the ways upper class families differ from those below them? Examine the importance of lineage, the different roles of women and men, and gender equality. What is the significance of the social register?

White and collar and blue collar parents tend to raise their children differently.

Compared to blue collar parents, white collar parents tend to emphasize all of the following, EXCEPT:

The concept "fictive kin" refers to the

Empirical studies of social mobility conclude that most children (more than 50 percent) can expect to be at a higher class level than their parents.

The "welfare reform" of 1996 substantially lowered levels of support for poor mothers and their children.