Some ways in which we classify people is by race/ethnicity, income level, age and body type/ weight.
The classification of Income level is split into 3 classes: Lower-class, Middle-class - working class, lower-middle and upper-middle- and Upper-class. Income classification is important to how much in taxes you pay out, because the more money you make, the higher the percentage the government takes out of your taxable income. Income is also important to how much credit you can put on a credit card. If you're in the Lower-class and you have an 820 credit score, the amount of credit you're able to put on a credit card will be significantly lower than a person in the upper-class with the same credit score.
The major race/ethnicities that the Federal government of America classifies by are: white, black or African-American, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. "The OMB states, "many federal programs are put into effect based on the race data obtained from the decennial census. Race data are also critical for the basic research behind many policy decisions. States require these data to meet legislative redistricting requirements. The data are needed to monitor compliance with the Voting Rights Act by local jurisdictions"; also "Data on ethnic groups are important for putting into effect a number of federal statutes. Data on Ethnic Groups are also needed by local governments to run programs and meet …show more content…
The first year prior to your birth, you are one-year-old and every year after that you add a year. We use age to determine when a while is ready for school, we also determine by age and cognitive ability if someone is considered an adult. The classification of age is important to many psychological studies. We correlate cognitive maturation with age, it is said most people gain the ability to think both logically and abstractly by the age of 12, so it's important that we classify
The classification of Income level is split into 3 classes: Lower-class, Middle-class - working class, lower-middle and upper-middle- and Upper-class. Income classification is important to how much in taxes you pay out, because the more money you make, the higher the percentage the government takes out of your taxable income. Income is also important to how much credit you can put on a credit card. If you're in the Lower-class and you have an 820 credit score, the amount of credit you're able to put on a credit card will be significantly lower than a person in the upper-class with the same credit score.
The major race/ethnicities that the Federal government of America classifies by are: white, black or African-American, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. "The OMB states, "many federal programs are put into effect based on the race data obtained from the decennial census. Race data are also critical for the basic research behind many policy decisions. States require these data to meet legislative redistricting requirements. The data are needed to monitor compliance with the Voting Rights Act by local jurisdictions"; also "Data on ethnic groups are important for putting into effect a number of federal statutes. Data on Ethnic Groups are also needed by local governments to run programs and meet …show more content…
The first year prior to your birth, you are one-year-old and every year after that you add a year. We use age to determine when a while is ready for school, we also determine by age and cognitive ability if someone is considered an adult. The classification of age is important to many psychological studies. We correlate cognitive maturation with age, it is said most people gain the ability to think both logically and abstractly by the age of 12, so it's important that we classify