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Question	Answer
Ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to resources (income, wealth, power, prestige).	Social Stratification
The amount of money received in a given time period by a group/individual ex. paycheck	Income
All the resources owned by a group/individual	Wealth
American children are socialized to accept their current strata - Taught social class result of talent and effort - Lower social strata suffer from lower self-esteem (reverse for high social strata)	Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Inequality exists because certain jobs are more important and require more training and education - In order to encourage people to do these jobs, we attach special monetary rewards + prestige	Structural Functionalist Perspective
Inequality exists because some people are willing to exploit others - Wealthy exploiting the poor - Those in power spread ideas through school, media, and government	Conflict Perspective
- 1% of the population - Often have jobs running corporations, investing in the stock market - Income roughly $2 million up per year	Upper Class
- 14% of the population - Successful businessmen, politicians, doctors - 150,000+ per year - Typically college educated	Upper Middle Class
- 30% of the population. Ex: teachers, nurses, firefighters, social workers - 70,000 per year - Education level varies	Middle Class
- 30% of the population $40,000 - Roofers, delivery truck drivers, salespeople - May lack health insurance/ other benefits - Jobs are often threatened by budget cuts	Working Class “Lower Middle Class”
- 13% of the population - Manual Workers (construction) + Service Workers (Food Service) - Struggle to rise above the poverty line - Tend to not engage in the political process, belong to other organizations	Working Poor
- Often unemployed: generational poverty - Physical/Mental Disabilities common - Single parent-households	Underclass
Not having enough money to secure life’s necessities - Necessities → food, shelter, safe drinking water, education, healthcare, etc.	Absolute Poverty
- State of living where people can afford necessities but are unable to meet their society’s average standard of living - Poverty in relation to the standard of living in your country	Relative Poverty
Women experience poverty at rates that are disproportionately high in comparison to men. - Women in Poverty: 12.9%, Men in Poverty: 10.6%	Feminization of Poverty
The movement of individuals or groups within the layers of a stratified system	Social Mobility
Involves moving from one job to another at the same social class level Ex: - Soldier to Teacher - Restaurant Server to Taxi Driver	Horizontal Mobility
Person’s occupational status moves upward or downward Ex: - Office worker to CEO (middle-class → upper class)	Vertical Mobility
Vertical mobility takes place over a person’s life Ex: Lebron James	Intragenerational Mobility
Vertical mobility that takes place over multiple generations	Intergenerational Mobility
The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and resources among the countries of the world.	Global Stratification
Wealth is often measured through Gross National Income (GNI) per capita - Total income of a country per person - Higher GNI, a higher standard of living (health, education, gender equality, etc.)	GNI