| A | B |
|---|
| Class, Status, Power | Weber's Three Dimensions of Social Stratification |
| categories of people sharing same class (earnings) | Social Class |
| prestige | Status |
| control | Power |
| rankings based on income, education and occupation (objective measure) | Socioeconomic status (SES) |
| self-awareness of own social class due to similarities to others in important respects (subjective measure) | Self-identification |
| wages and salaries from work | Income |
| total value of money and property | Wealth |
| minority children, children in single-mom families | People at greatest risk of poverty |
| inability to maintain a decent standard of living (below poverty line) | Relative poverty |
| inability to provide minimum requirements of life (life threatening) | Absolute poverty |
| 5% of population, make at least $185,000/yr | Upper class |
| less than 1% of population, inherited wealth (ascribed status in caste system) | Upper-upper class |
| 4% of population, "working rich" (achieved status in class system) | Lower-upper class |
| 40 - 45% of population, influence on culture, white-collar occupation | Middle class |
| $100,000 - $185,000/yr, above average income | Upper-middle class |
| $45,000 - $100,000, about average income | Average-middle class |
| 30% of population, $25,000 - $45,000, blue-collar occupation | Working class |
| 20% of population, unstable and insecure, many live in poverty | Lower class |
| Health, Values and attitudes, Politics, Family and gender | Differences in life between middle and working class |
