Chapter 7: Social Class: The Structure of Inequality

In terms of annual income for a family of four, what is the poverty line in the United States, as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (2019)?

about $26,000

1. Average age at which women with a master's degree have their first child 2. Average number of children for women with a high school diploma 3. Average number of children for women with a bachelor's degree or higher 4. Average age at which women with a high school diploma have their first child

1. 30 2. 2.9 3. 2.2 4. 24

The National Human Trafficking Hotline reported over 8,500 cases of slavery in the United States in 2017 alone; more than 70 percent of those cases involved sexual slavery, and more than 30 percent occurred in just three states (California, Texas, and Florida).

8,500 70 percent 30 percent

Place each category of the Hindu caste system in order from top to bottom stratum.

Brahman Ksatriya or chhetri Vaisya Sudra The untouchables

How much social mobility is there in the modern United States compared to fifty years ago?

Mobility is about the same in the United States now as it was fifty years ago.

Which of the following is not a major system of stratification?

Prison

What term describes the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy?

Social stratification