MCS 2600 Lecture 12: CH.12

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 2600
• Professor: Karen A.Gough

Document Summary

Subculture- a group that shares certain beliefs, values, and customs and exists within a larger society. A subculture can stem from a person"s ethnicity, religion, geographic location, age or gender. A society"s cultural profile includes two elements: the unique beliefs, values and customs of specific subcultures, the core cultural values and customs that are shared by most of the population, regardless of specific subcultural membership. America"s immigrants brought with them cultural values and lifestyles that blended into the american culture (i. e. , the. Between 2000 and 2010, nearly 13% of the american population was foreign born (5. 6% are naturalized citizens and 7. 3% are currently noncitizens) The 2010 u. s consensus found that 53% of all foreign-born u. s. citizens were from latin america; these persons represent 15% of the u. s. population, and their member is estimated to become. 30% of the u. s. population by the year 2050 (i. e. , about 133 million).