Exam 11: Social Class in the United States

A study in 2011 found that about how many people in the United States were homeless for some time during a year?

People in the lower-upper class are sometimes said to have "old money."

During the last three decades,the real income of African American families in the United States has

According to Lisa Keister's research,

If you believe that people living in central cities are likely to be poor because there are few jobs available in these areas,you are in agreement with

The concept "feminization of poverty" refers to the fact that,in the United States

According to Karl Marx,which class forms the core of the industrial proletariat?

Social position in the United States is affected by a person's

The highest rate of poverty in the United States is in

In the United States in 2011,more than 46 million people were officially counted among the poor.

If you followed the lead of Max Weber,you would think of social stratification in terms of

In the United States,Asians and Pacific Islanders have the lowest poverty rate of all racial and ethnic categories-even lower than non-Hispanic whites.

The anthropologist Oscar Lewis suggested the cause of poverty lies in

A majority of children born in all wealth quintiles in the United States remain in the same quintile as adults.

The wealthiest 1 percent of U.S.families (the “super-rich”) controls about _____ of the nation’s privately held wealth.

Based on what you know about occupational prestige,you would assume that

In the United States,white people are more likely to own their own homes than African Americans.

One-third of all homeless people are

In the United States,people of _____ are most likely to vote.

Today,the wealth of the average U.S.family is about