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what is SOCIAL CLASS?
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The DIVISION of members of a society into a HIERARCHY of DISTINCT STATUS CLASSES, so that members of each class have either higher or lower status than members of other classes.
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What are the factors of Social Class?
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- wealth: amount of eco asset
- power: degree of personal choice & influence over others - prestige: degree of recognition received form others |
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What is the SOCIAL COMPARAISON THEORY?
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states that individuals COMPARE their own possessions AGAINST those of others to DETERMINE their relative social standing.
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What is status consumption?
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PROCESS by which consumers actively increase their social standing through CONSPICUOUS consumption or possession
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What consists of a subjective measure of social class?
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individuals are asked to ESTIMATE THEIR OWN social-class positions
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What consists of Reputational measure?
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informants make judgments concerning the social-class membership OF OTHERS within the community
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What consists of OBJECTIVE MEASURES?
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individuals answer specific socioeconomic questions and then are categorized according to answers
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What is the composite-variable index?
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the systematic combining of a number of socio-economic factors to form one overall measure of social-class standing. These reflect the complexity of social class better than single-variable indexes do
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What is the INDEX of STATUS CHARACTERISTC?
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A composite measure of social class that combines occupation, source of income (not amount), house type / dwelling area into a single weighted index of social class standing.
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What is the SOCIOECONOMIC STAUS SCORE?
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A multivariable social class measure used by the United States Bureau of the Census that combines occupational status, family income, and educational attainment into a single measure of social class standing.
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