Includes: sources of social class (internal), influences on social class (external), types of classism, US class structure, wealth distribution, and rankings of occupational prestige
has data identified as people of color. Lower- paid workers who handled everyday patient care, including nurses, support staff and nursing home employees, were far more likely to die in the pandemic than physicians were.”
a 1300 or higher on the SAT, while less than 5 percent of middle-class students did…. Relatively few children in the poorest families scored that high; just one in five took the test at all.”
heirs, a few top executives Prestigious university CAPITALIST CLASS 15% Professionals and upper managers College or university, often with postgrad degree UPPER MIDDLE CLASS 34% Semiprofessionals and lower managers, craftspeople, foremen High school or college; often apprenticeship LOWER MIDDLE CLASS
clerical workers, low-paid retail sales, craftspeople High school WORKING CLASS 16% Laborers, service workers, low-paid salespeople Some high school WORKING POOR 4% Unemployed and part-time, on government aid Some high school UNDERCLASS SOURCE: James Henslin, Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach