A diffuse status characteristic is often determined by a person's categoric unit membership
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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A highly educated, English speaking population that lives in another country such as India encourages ________
What will be an ideal response
Those who lack access to shelter live in a state of
a. relative poverty. c. social stratification.. b. absolute poverty. d. sustained poverty
In the U.S. during the Jim Crow era (1880-1967) people legally classified as black chose to pass as white to increase chances of upward mobility. The choice to pass was a response to laws of the day that limited mobility based on race. In this sense the choice depended on
a. context. b. chance. c. achieved characteristics. d. ascribed characteristics.
Recent research on the idea of the male as the family provider in the United States indicates that this role is
a. no longer important in today's society. b. the defining view of white, middle-class homosexuals. c. only important to recent immigrants. d. important across racial and ethnic groups.