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4. Social Class Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in the U.S. Social Class in the U.S. The Class Structure in the U.S. Social Mobility ] The Impacts of Social Class Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

5. Poverty Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in the U.S.(continued) ] Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

6. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... > Social Class Social Class • Social Class • Property • Power • Prestige • Status Inconsistency Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/stratification-inequality-and-social-class-in-the-u-s-9/social-class-73/

7. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... > Social Class in the U.S. Social Class in the U.S. • Social Class in the U.S. • Income • Wealth • Education • Occupation Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/stratification-inequality-and-social-class-in-the-u-s-9/social-class-in-the-u-s-74/

8. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... > The Class Structure in the U.S. The Class Structure in the U.S. • Class Structure in the U.S. • The Upper Class • The Upper Middle Class • The Lower Middle Class • The Working Class • The Lower Class • Income Distribution Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/stratification-inequality-and-social-class-in-the-u-s-9/the-class-structure-in-the-u-s-75/

9. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... > Social Mobility Social Mobility • Social Mobility • Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor • Open vs. Closed Stratification Systems • Types of Social Mobility • Social Mobility in the U.S. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/stratification-inequality-and-social-class-in-the-u-s-9/social-mobility-76/

10. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... > The Impacts of Social Class The Impacts of Social Class • Consequences of Social Class • Physical Health • Mental Health • Family Life • Education • Religion • Politics • Crime and Criminal Justice Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/stratification-inequality-and-social-class-in-the-u-s-9/the-impacts-of-social-class-77/

11. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... > Poverty Poverty • Poverty • Measuring Poverty • Explaining Poverty: The Sociological Debate • Social Exclusion • The Dynamics of Poverty • The Feminization of Poverty • Government Assistance Programs Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/stratification-inequality-and-social-class-in-the-u-s-9/poverty-78/

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13. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Key terms • absolute povertyA measure of poverty based on a set standard that is consistent over time and between countries, referring to the ability of individuals or groups to meet their basic needs. • acculturateTo acquire the culture (including systems of value and belief) of the society that one inhabits, starting at birth. • acculturateTo acquire the culture (including systems of value and belief) of the society that one inhabits, starting at birth. • achieved statusA social status of a person that is acquired, such as being an Olympic athlete, being a criminal, or being a college professor. • adjudicationThe process of reaching a judgment or sentence in a legal proceeding. • ascribed statusThe social status of a person that is given from birth or assumed involuntarily later in life. • AssetsAny property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts. • birth rateThe birth rate is typically the rate of births in a population over time. • Blue CollarDescribes working-class occupations, especially those involving manual labor. • Bureau of Economic AnalysisThe Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that measures important economic statistics, including the gross domestic product of the United States. • capital gainAn increase in the value of a capital asset, such as stock or real estate. • Capitalist MarketRefers to an economic system in which supply and demand determines the cost of goods and wages for services. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

14. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • Class CultureA system of beliefs, values, and behaviors that is particular to a socioeconomic group. • coercionActual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing. • college educationEducation beyond secondary school, usually culminating in a bachelor's degree and serving as a necessary credential for middle class occupations. • conflict-theory approachA sociological theory of poverty that argues that stratification is dysfunctional and harmful to society but persists because it benefits the rich and powerful. • Corporate EliteA class of high-salaried stockholders, such as corporate CEOs, who do not necessarily have inherited privilege but have achieved high status through their careers. • courtA tribunal established for the administration of justice, through which legal issues are adjudicated. • Cycle of povertyThe idea that poverty operates in a dynamic cycle, with the effects of poverty increasing the likelihood that it will be transferred between generations. • due processa legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for a given reason. • Earmark GrantsFederal funds that have been designated for specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs. • economic liberalsEconomic liberalism is the ideological belief in organizing the economy on individualist lines, such that the greatest possible number of economic decisions are made by private individuals and not by collective institutions. • economic restructuringEconomic restructuring refers to the phenomenon of shifting between two types of economies, such as from a manufacturing to service economy or agricultural to manufacturing economy. • educational attainmentEducational attainment is a term commonly used by statisticians to refer to the highest degree of education an individual has completed. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

15. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • educational attainmentEducational attainment is a term commonly used by statisticians to refer to the highest degree of education an individual has completed. • educational attainmentEducational attainment is a term commonly used by statisticians to refer to the highest degree of education an individual has completed. • Environmental HazardsRisk factors related to social and economic conditions that may produce negative health outcomes, including pollution and distribution of grocery stores, for example. • equal opportunityequal opportunity is a stipulation that all people should be given access to opportunities for advancement and treated similarly when competing for jobs, housing, and other resources. • Family LifeA general term that refers to marriage and childbearing patterns, household composition and home stability. • feminization of povertya phenomenon in which women represent disproportionate percentages of the world's poor • formal employmentEmployment that is government regulated, such that workers are insured a wage and certain rights. • Formula GrantsGrants include a specified formula, as a rule, that tells potential recipient governments precisely how they can calculate the quantity of aid to which they are entitled under the provisions of law. • Gender Wage GapThe difference between male and female earnings expressed as a percentage of male earnings. • gini coefficientA measure of the inequality of a statistical distribution, ranging from zero (total equality) to one (maximal inequality), used in various disciplines but especially in economics to compare incomes or wealth. • glass ceilingAn unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression for a member of a specific demographic group. • great divergenceRefers to the growth of economic inequality in America since the 1970s. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

16. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • health inequalityThe unequal distribution of environmental health hazards and access to health services between demographic groups, including social classes. • hierarchyAny group of objects ranked so that everyone but the topmost is subordinate to a specified group above it. • incomemoney one earns by working, or by capitalising off other people's work • influenceAn action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. • informal employmentEmployment that takes place in small, unregistered enterprises without external regulation. • interest rateThe percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year). • Intergenerational MobilityRefers to the phenomenon whereby a child attains higher or lower status than their parents. • intra-generational mobilityChange in social status over a single lifetime. • investmentThe expenditure of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use. • law enforcementThe various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals. • legacy studentA student who is admitted to a school (often a college or university), primarily because one or both of their parents are alumni of the same institution. • libertarianA believer in a political doctrine that emphasizes individual liberty and a lack of governmental regulation and oversight both in matters of the economy ('free market') and in personal behavior. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

17. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • lone mother householdsHouseholds where a single female acts as the sole head of household; in lone mother households, there is usually no adult male present. • low-interest loansMoney lent with only a small percentage of interest accruing as a charge, often made available to students. • manual laborAny work done by hand; usually implying it is unskilled or physically demanding. • manual laborAny work done by hand; usually implying it is unskilled or physically demanding. • Max Weber(1864–1920) A German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research, and the discipline of sociology itself. • mental disorderA psychological pattern, potentially reflected in behavior, generally associated with distress or disability, not considered part of normal development in a person's culture. • mental healthEmotional well-being, especially with reference to outlook on life, ability to cope with stress, or the absence of a mental disorder. • meritocraticUsed to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition. • meritocraticUsed to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition. • Near PovertyThe classification "near poverty" describes a demographic group in the United States that earns 25% above the poverty line. • net worthThe total assets minus total liabilities of an individual or a company. • occupationA regular activity performed in exchange for payment, including jobs and professions. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

18. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • occupational prestigeThe rating of a job based on the social esteem or respect granted to an occupation. • overpopulationA situation which occurs when the number of occupants of an area exceeds the ability of that area to provide for those occupants. • personal incomeAll of an individual's monetary earnings, including salary, investment gains, inheritance, and any other gains. • Political InfluenceThe extent to which one's political participation achieves its desired results, or the amount of power a political actor has to achieve his or her will. • Political ParticipationA measure of whether or not a person votes in elections, donates to campaigns, or attends public forums where decisions are made. • Poverty lineThis is the threshold of poverty used by the U.S. Census Bureau to define the minimum income one must earn to meet basic material needs. • prestigeA measure of how good the reputation of something or someone is, or how favorably something or someone is regarded. • private schoolA fee-charging private or independent school. • professionAn occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training. • professionalA person whose occupation is highly skilled, salaried, and requires high educational attainment. • public assistancethe various forms of material aid provided by the government to those who are in need • Race Wage GapThe difference in earnings between racial or ethnic groups. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

19. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • relative povertyA measure of wealth inequality, describing an individual or group's wealth relative to an other individual or group. • Relative Social MobilityA measure of a person's upward or downward movement in the social hierarchy compared to the movement of other members of their inherited social class. • religiosityAn index of how strongly religious a person is • Religious AffiliationThe measure of which religious denomination a person identifies with or practices • salaried professionalsWhite-collar employees whose work is largely self-directed and is compensated with an annual salary, rather than an hourly wage. • scholarshipMonetary aid given to a student to assist them in paying for an education. • single auditAn annual examination of an aid recipient's operations and records in order to determine whether or not the recipient complied with laws and regulations applicable to the assistance received. • social classA group of people in a stratified hierarchy, based on social power, wealth, educational attainment, and other criteria. • social determinants of healthThe economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status. • Social exclusionprocesses through which individuals and entire communities of people are systematically blocked from rights, opportunities, and resources that are normally available to members of society and that are key to social integration. • social mobilitythe degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification • social networkThe web of a person's social, family, and business contacts, who provide material and social resources and opportunities. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

20. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • social networkThe web of a person's social, family, and business contacts, who provide material and social resources and opportunities. • social networkThe web of a person's social, family, and business contacts, who provide material and social resources and opportunities. • social stratificationThe hierarchical arrangement of social classes, or castes, within a society. • socioeconomicOf or pertaining to social and economic factors. • Socioeconomic MobilityThe movement of Americans from one social class or economic level to another, often by changing jobs or marrying. • sociologistA social scientist focused on the study of society, human social interaction, and the rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions. • status inconsistencyA situation in which an individual's varied social positions can have both positive and negative influences on his or her social status. • structural mobilityOpportunity for movement in social class that is attributable to changes in the social structure of a society, rather than to changes in an individual. • structural-functionalist approachA sociological approach to poverty that maintains that all parts of society (even poverty) contribute in some way or another to the larger system's stability. • supply and demandAn economic model of price determination in a market based on the relative scarcity or abundance of goods and services. • tertiary educationHigher education, including college education and vocational programs beyond high school. • The American DreamThe belief that with hard work, courage, and determination, anyone can prosper and achieve success. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

21. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... • The American DreamThe belief that with hard work, courage, and determination, anyone can prosper and achieve success. • The American DreamThe belief that with hard work, courage, and determination, anyone can prosper and achieve success. • The Poverty LineThe threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities. • U.S. Census BureauThe government agency that is responsible for the United States Census, which gathers national demographic and economic data. • underclassthe poorest class of people in a given society • vertical mobilityMovement of individuals or groups up or down from one socioeconomic level to another, often by changing jobs or through marriage. • White CollarDescribes a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work for a salary. • working classThe social class of those who perform physical or low-skilled work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or the upper middle class. • World BankA group of five financial organizations whose purpose is economic development and the elimination of poverty. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

22. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Police Confiscate Gun Police officers are the most visible members of the law enforcement branch of the criminal justice system, and are charged with maintaining social order by arresting offenders who violate the law. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Flickr."SFPD: AFTER ARREST, FINDS GUNS & DRUGS | Flickr - Photo Sharing!."CC BYhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mybrightworld/6874142090/View on Boundless.com

23. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Farmers Market Farmers markets are visible sources of fresh produce and healthy foods. These markets are concentrated in middle to upper income neighborhoods and are not found in food deserts. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Flickr."SOJ Farmers Market | Flickr - Photo Sharing!."CC BY-SAhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/suecline/4631621009/lightbox/View on Boundless.com

24. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Intergenerational Mobility in a Sample of Developed Countries This graph shows the results of a study on how much intergenerational social mobility there is in a sample of developed countries. Countries with higher intergenerational income elasticity have lower social mobility -- in countries on the left of the graph, children are likely to attain the same social status as their parents. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Socio-economic mobility in the United States."GNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socio-economic_mobility_in_the_United_StatesView on Boundless.com

25. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Department of Housing and Urban Development In the U.S., the Department of Housing and Urban Development administers many government assistance programs, most notably federal public housing. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."United States Department of Housing and Urban Development."GNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_DevelopmentView on Boundless.com

26. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Courtroom The criminal justice system includes adjudication, wherein the courts legally process suspects to determine their guilt or innocence and sentencing. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Flickr."Dred Scott Courtroom | Flickr - Photo Sharing!."CC BYhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stepnout/186118579/lightbox/View on Boundless.com

27. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... United States Social Classes While social scientists offer competing models of class structure, most agree that society is stratified by occupation, income, and educational attainment. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Social structure of the United States."Public domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_structure_of_the_United_StatesView on Boundless.com

28. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Education Pays This graphic, released by the US Department of Labor, shows the correlation between higher education, employment status, and income. The more education a person attains, the more likely they are to be employed in high paying occupations. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Figure01-earnings by degree."Public domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Figure01-earnings_by_degree.gifView on Boundless.com

29. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Elementary School Teacher Primary school teachers are generally considered lower-middle class. They usually hold college degrees, but often do not hold graduate degrees; they make comfortable incomes, but have low accumulated wealth; their work is largely self-directed, but is not high status. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Teacher."GNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeacherView on Boundless.com

30. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Microcredit Lending to Women Microcredit, a system of providing small loans to individuals and families in impoverished areas in an attempt to reverse the cycle of poverty, is almost always distributed to women. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Microcredit."CC BYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicrocreditView on Boundless.com

31. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... United States Social Classes While social scientists offer competing models of class structure, most agree that society is stratified by occupation, income, and educational attainment. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Social structure of the United States."Public domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_structure_of_the_United_StatesView on Boundless.com

32. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... US Gender Pay Gap, by Race/Ethnicity In the United States, white males have greater social mobility than women and racial/ethnic minorities, whose mobility is limited by the glass ceiling. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Male–female income disparity in the United States."GNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male%E2%80%93female_income_disparity_in_the_United_StatesView on Boundless.com

33. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... U.S. Poverty Rate 1959-2009 This chart depicts the number of people living in poverty during each year from 1959-2003. The poverty rate corresponds to what proportion of Americans live in the lowest economic strata of the hierarchical class system. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikibooks."Introduction to Sociology/Stratification."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/StratificationView on Boundless.com

34. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Map of Global Gini Coefficients Using Gini coefficients, this map illustrates the extent to which each country in the world has internal inequality, or a gap between its richest and poorest citizens. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Gini coefficient."GNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficientView on Boundless.com

35. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Probability of First Marriage Dissolution by Race/Ethnicity and Income (1995) This graph shows that among all races and ethnicities, low income households are more likely to experience divorce than middle and high income households are. Thus, social class bears on rates of marriage dissolution. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikibooks."Introduction to Sociology/Family."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Family%23Social_ClassView on Boundless.com

36. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Income Distribution by Education This graph illustrates the unequal distribution of income between groups with different levels of educational attainment. Education is an indicator of class position, meaning that unequal distribution of income by education points to inequality between the classes. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Income inequality in the United States."GNU FDLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_StatesView on Boundless.com

37. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Mean Family Net Worth by Decile This graph shows changes in the average net worth of families in each decile of the U.S. income hierarchy. In recent years, the average net worth of high-income families has grown significantly more than that of middle and lower-income families. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Wealth in the United States."CC BYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_in_the_United_StatesView on Boundless.com

38. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Oxford University Ceremony The job of professor is an example of an occupation that has high prestige even though many professors do not earn incomes in the top economic bracket. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."University."Public domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniversityView on Boundless.com

39. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Voter Turnout by Educational Attainment –2008 Presidential Election Educational attainment, an indicator of social class, can predict one's level of political participation. Those with high educational attainment are more likely to vote in elections than those with little education. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikibooks."Introduction to Sociology/Politics."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Politics%23Politics_and_ClassView on Boundless.com

40. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Gilbert Model This is a model of the socio-economic stratification of American society, as outlined by Dennis Gilbert. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Gilbert model."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gilbert_model.pngView on Boundless.com

41. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Children in Poverty Street Child, Srimangal Railway Station, Srimangal, Maulvi Bazar, Bangladesh. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Wikipedia."CC BY-SA 3.0http://www.wikipedia.orgView on Boundless.com

42. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Afghan Girl Begging A young Afghan girl begging in the street in Kabul, 8 September 2008. Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Wikipedia."CC BY-SA 3.0http://www.wikipedia.orgView on Boundless.com

43. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Religious Affiliation by Median Household Income (2000) Household income, an indicator of social class, can also indicate what religious denomination a person is likely to embrace. America's top income bracket is more likely than other groups to be Jewish, while the lowest bracket is more likely to be Jehovah's Witnesses. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikibooks."Introduction to Sociology/Religion."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Religion%23Religion_and_ClassView on Boundless.com

44. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... University Campus Advanced education is one of the most distinguishing features of the upper-middle class. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Campus Spring."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Campus_Spring.jpgView on Boundless.com

45. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... School Teacher Teachers are often held in high esteem and exert power over students and in local policy, but they tend to have low incomes and little accumulated wealth. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Teacher."Public domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeacherView on Boundless.com

46. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Health Insurance Distribution (under 65 years) As seen in this graph, with insurance needed for most health services, access to healthcare is not evenly distributed among Americans. The largest group of insured Americans consists of middle and upper class employees who receive health insurance through employers. As of 2007, 16% of the population had no health insurance coverage and, thus, had greatly limited access to healthcare. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Health care in the United States."Public domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_StatesView on Boundless.com

47. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Occupation The social class associated with a particular occupation can change over time as the esteem in which the occupation is held changes. In the late-nineteenth century, at the time of this painting, doctors were not members of the upper class. As the occupation has come to require increased education and to depend upon increasing technological expertise, the occupation's prestige has risen. Doctors are now commonly considered members of the upper-middle or upper class. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Physician."Public domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysicianView on Boundless.com

48. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Working class A monument to the working and supporting classes along Market Street in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District, home to tens-of-thousands of professional upper class and managerial middle class workers. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Wikipedia."CC BY-SA 3.0http://www.wikipedia.orgView on Boundless.com

49. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Punk Punk social groups are often considered marginal and are excluded from certain mainstream social spaces. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia."Punk-with-strongbow."Public domainhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Punk-with-strongbow.JPGView on Boundless.com

50. Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in... Battle Strike Class War: Workers battle with the police during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia."Battle strike 1934."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_strike_1934.jpgView on Boundless.com