HIST 110a Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Reproduction
15 Sep 2016
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Family play crucial role in social reproduction. All families lower class: family of four in federal housing projects annual income must not exceed ,000; state housing approx ,500 lower (most below limit) Share certain family characteristics that may affect their aspirations. Most have lived in projects for many years (except slick and shorty) 13-30 years. Low educational attainment for parents and older siblings. Sporadic employment record any employment menial, low pay, and unstable. Father"s absence from household, large families, and numerous encounters of family members with the law. Families typical of lower-class households and are much like families of hh. Family structure not conventional nuclear type broken homes . Those employed typically nondescript, uninteresting, unskilled work. Hh only jinx"s father lives regularly in household 3 of the brothers have a male authority figure living w/ them. Nearly half of parents of brothers have graduated from high school; only boo-
