SOCL 4401- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)
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The faux pas: (debra, ray, robert/amy, marie/frank) everybody loves raymond episode. Imprecise but provide useful framework for thinking about social class: upper; upper middle; middle; working; lower, generally individuals tend to die in same social class they were born into (i. e. social mobility across generations is difficult) Educational inequlity (highschool dropout and college completion rates) People from richer backgrounds are more likely to complete college than people from poorer. College completion rate- poorest quarter lower than richest. Having a college degree gives much higher income than nothing. Differences/disparities in earnings by educational attainment have increased over the last several decades. Among people with college degrees, those from richer backgrounds make more money than those from poorer backgrounds. Family income inequality in income has increase over the last several decades. Family structure and social class: distribution of children by family type and.
