![Page 1: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification
Demographics describe a population in terms of its size, distribution, and structure.
• Size:
• Distribution:
• Structure:
![Page 2: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Social Standing/ClassSocial Standing/Class
Socioeconomicfactors
OccupationEducationOwnership
IncomeHeritage
SocialStanding
Upper classMiddle class
Working classLower class
UniqueBehaviors
PreferencesPurchases
ConsumptionCommunication
One’s position relative to others on one or more dimensions valued by society.
1) Bounded, 2) ordered, 3) mutually exclusive, 4) exhaustive, and 5) influential.
![Page 3: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Not All Behaviors within a Social Class Are UniqueNot All Behaviors within a Social Class Are Unique
Behaviors associatedwith a particularsocial class
Behaviors sharedwith other socialclasses
Behaviors notengaged in
Excludedbehaviors
Unique Sharedbehaviors behaviors
![Page 4: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Percent Distribution of Five-Category Social-Class Measure
SOCIAL CLASSES PERCENTAGE
Upper 4.3Upper-middle 13.8Middle 32.8Working 32.3Lower 16.8
Total percentage 100.0
![Page 5: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Social Class Groups
Social Class General Consumer Behavior
UPPER AMERICANS
(UPPER-UPPER,LOWER-UPPER,UPPER-MIDDLE)
(14 % of population)
![Page 6: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Social Class General Consumer Behavior
MIDDLECLASS
(32 % of population)
Social Class Groups (cont.)
![Page 7: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Social Class General Consumer Behavior
WORKINGCLASS
(38 % of population)
Social Class Groups (cont.)
![Page 8: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Social Class General Consumer Behavior
LOWER AMERICANS
(16 % of population)
Social Class Groups (cont.)
![Page 9: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Measuring Social StatusMeasuring Social Status
• Single-Item Indexes– Education– Occupation (Socioeconomic Index: SEI)– Income
• Relative Occupational Class Income• Subjective Discretionary Income
• Multi-Item Indexes– Hollingshead Index of Social Position– Warner’s Index of Status Characteristics– Census Bureau’s Index of Socioeconomic Status
![Page 10: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Hollingshead Index of Social Position (ISP)Hollingshead Index of Social Position (ISP)
Occupation Scale (Weight of 7)Description Score
Higher executives of large concerns, proprietors, and 1major professionals
Business managers, proprietors of medium-sized businesses, 2and lesser professionals
Administrative personnel, owners of small businesses, and 3minor professionals
Clerical and sales workers, technicians, and owners of little 4businesses
Skilled manual employees 5
Machine operators and semiskilled employees 6
Unskilled employees 7
![Page 11: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Hollingshead Index of Social Position (ISP)Hollingshead Index of Social Position (ISP)
Education Scale (Weight of 4)Description Score
Professional (MA, MS, ME, MD, PhD, LLD, and the like) 1
Four-year college graduate (BA, BS, BM) 2
One to three years college (also business schools) 3
High school graduate 4
Ten to 11 years of school (part high school) 5
Seven to nine years of school 6
Less than seven years of school 7
![Page 12: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Hollingshead Index of Social Position (ISP)Hollingshead Index of Social Position (ISP)
ISP score = (Occupation score X 7) + (Education score X 4)
Classification System Range of
Description Scores
Upper 11-17
Upper-middle 18-31
Middle 32-47
Lower-middle 48-63
Lower 64-77
![Page 13: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Warner’s Index of Status Characteristics (ISC)Warner’s Index of Status Characteristics (ISC)
1 Professionals and pro- Inherited Excellent Very high: Gold Coast, prietors of large businesses wealth houses North Shore, etc.
2 Semiprofessionals & Earned Very good High: better suburbs & officials of large businesses wealth apartment house areas
3 Clerks and kindred Profits & Good houses Above average: areas all residential, workers fees space around houses, apartments in
good condition
4 Skilled workers Salary Average Average: residential neighborhoods, houses no deterioration
5 Proprietors of small Wages Fair houses Below average: area beginning to businesses deteriorate, business entering
6 Semiskilled workers Private relief Poor houses Low: considerably deteriorated, run down and semi-slum
7 Unskilled workers Public relief & Very poor Very low: slumnonrespectable housesincome
Characteristics Source of House
Score Occupation Income Type Dwelling Area
![Page 14: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Upper-upper 12-17 1.4%
Lower-upper 18-24 1.6
Upper-middle 25-37 10.2
Lower-middle 38-50 28.8
Upper-lower 51-62 33.0
Lower-lower 63-84 25.5
Classification System
Range of PopulationSocial Strata Scores Breakdown
Warner’s Index of Status Characteristics (ISC)Warner’s Index of Status Characteristics (ISC)
ISC score = (Occupation X 4) + (Income source X 3) + (House type X 3) + (Dwelling area X 2)
![Page 15: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Census Bureau Index of Socioeconomic Status (SES)Census Bureau Index of Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Under $3,000 15 Some grade school 10 Laborers 20
$3,000-$4,999 31 Grade school graduate 23 Students 33
$5,000-$7,999 62 Some high school 42 Service workers 34
$7,500-$9,999 84 High school graduate 67 Operators 58
$10,000-$14,999 94 Some college 86 Craftsmen 58
$15,000-$19,999 97 College graduate 93 Clerical sales 71
$20,000-$29,999 99 Graduate school 98 Managers 81
$30,000 and over 100 Professionals 90
*Note: Income levels should be adjusted by consumer price index before using.Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Methodology and Scores of the Socioeconomic Status, Working Paper No. 15 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963).
Income Education OccupationCategory* Score Category Score Category Score
![Page 16: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Census Bureau Index of Socioeconomic Status (SES)Census Bureau Index of Socioeconomic Status (SES)
(Income) + (Education) + (Occupation)SES score =
3
Upper 90-99 15.1%
Upper-middle 80-89 34.5
Middle 45-69 34.1
Lower-middle 0-44 16.3
*Note: Income levels should be adjusted by consumer price index before using.Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Methodology and Scores of the Socioeconomic Status, Working Paper No. 15(Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963).
Classification System
Range of PopulationSocial Strata Scores Breakdown
![Page 17: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Problem with the multi-item indexes
• A person with under seven years of school who started a small manufacturing firm which later grew into a medium sized firm of which he is now president.
• A person with an MA in English owns and operates a very small bookstore located near the university specializing in classical literature.
![Page 18: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
“Upward Pull” Strategy Targeted at Middle Class“Upward Pull” Strategy Targeted at Middle Class
Middle class Aspirations
To belong to upper-middle
class
Prefer
Products consumed by upper-middle
class
Positioning
Upper-middle class
symbolism for middle-class
products
![Page 19: Ch. 4: Demographics and Social Stratification](https://reader036.vdocuments.pub/reader036/viewer/2022082422/56813ad6550346895da31394/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Positioning Within Social ClassPositioning Within Social Class
Working-class aristocrats
Disdain
Upper-middle class
Prefer
Working-class products and
brands
Positioning
Working-class symbolism for working-class
products