Social Class & Poverty in the US: Crash Course Sociology #24

Today we’re breaking down the five different social class in the United States: the upper class, the upper middle class, the average middle class, the working class, and the lower class. We’ll also go over what poverty looks like in the United States. Crash Course is made with Adobe Creative Cloud. Get a free trial here: www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html *** References: Sociology by John J. Macionis, 15th edition (2014) 2016 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income… Bailey and Dynarski, “Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion” (2011) www.nber.org/papers/w17633 US DHS Poverty Guidelines aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines US Census Bureau Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015 www.census.gov/library/publications/2016/demo/p60-… *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following Patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever: Mark, Les Aker, Bob Kunz, Mark Austin, William McGraw, Jeffrey Thompson, Ruth Perez, Jason A Saslow, D.A. Noe, Shawn Arnold, Eric Prestemon, Malcolm Callis, Advait Shinde, Rachel Bright, Khaled El Shalakany, Ian Dundore, Tim Curwick, Ken Penttinen, Dominic Dos Santos, Indika Siriwardena, Caleb Weeks, Kathrin Janßen, Nathan Taylor, Andrei Krishkevich, Brian Thomas Gossett, Chris Peters, Kathy & Tim Philip, Mayumi Maeda, Eric Kitchen, SR Foxley, Tom Trval, Cami Wilson, Moritz Schmidt, Jessica Wode, Daniel Baulig, Jirat -- Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - thecrashcourse.tumblr.com/ Support Crash Course on Patreon: patreon.com/crashcourse CC Kids: youtube.com/crashcoursekids

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