SYG 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Creative Class, Upper Middle Class, Upper Class
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People are likely to marry or have a long term relationships with persons whose social and cultural backgrounds similar to their own. Social class plays a role in the age at which people marry. Less educated women have higher average number of births throughout their lifetime than more than educated women. Least likely to obtain adequate nutrition, shelter, necessities, prone to illness. Higher level of education and income = higher level of exercise. How children perform in school determines whether and where they go to college, what professions they enter, and how much they are paid. One of the main goals of education. Make sure students get a chance to succeed both in school and in life. Some schools cannot afford to higher high quality teachers and therefore receive less support from the parents. The higher the family ses, the higher the student"s expectation for educational achievement. Members of different social classes, with unequal educational opportunities.