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| respect, honor, recognition or courtesy an individual receives frm other members of society |
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| ranking of individuals or categories of people on the basis of unequal access to score resources and social rewards |
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| grouping of people with similr levels of wealth, power and prestige |
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| movement between social classes or strta in which the individual moves from one social-class level to another |
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| system in which scarce resources and rewards are distributed on the basis of ascribed statuses |
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| unequal sharing of social rewards and resources |
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| movement between or within social classes or strata |
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| most obvious dimension of social stratification because it is made up of the value of everything the person owns and money earned through salaries and wages |
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| technique used to rank individuals according to social class in which the individuals themselves are asked to determine their own social rank |
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| technique used to rank individuals according to social class this is done by asking individuals in the community to rank other community members based on what they know of their characters + life styles |
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| standard of living that is below the minimum level considered decent and reasonable by society |
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| marriage within one's own social class |
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| in what type of society is an emphasis on ascribed status common |
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| what theory views stratification as necessary for stability |
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| which theory views stratification in terms of competition |
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| in terms of assets, is the working, or the upper class, more prepared? |
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| what are the dimensions which affect a person's socioeconomic status? |
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| respect, honor, recognition or courtesy an individual receives from other members in society |
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| what are the main components of prestige? |
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age
sex
race/ethnicity
cultural background |
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| social characteristics that affect poverty? |
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