Social Class & epidemiology Flashcards
Contrast Ascribed and achieved status.
Ascribed are involuntary traits such as race, gender, etc.
Achieved status are voluntary traits you have worked towards.
What is Anomie?
lack of social norms, or the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and society
Contrast strong and weak ties
Strong ties are your close group of friends
Weak ties are your facebook friends, more superficial.
Which demographic are social inequalities more pronounced?
Black, Latin American, female headed house hold, elderly.
What is a meritocracy?
Value and status is determined by the merit of work. No where is there a full meritocracy.
Contrast intragenerational and intergenerational movement
Intragenerational would be winning the lotto, creating facebook, going bankrupt – things that effects 1 lifetime.
Intergenerational would changes from parent to child in status.
What is social reproduction?
Passing down traits from one generation to another in terms of social inequality– Poverty.
Contrast absolute and relative poverty
Absolute poverty is not being able to provide the basic resources to survive.
Relative poverty is not having as much as someone else, but still being able to provide basic resources. We’re all probably poor RELATIVE to Bill Gates.
Poverty in the US:
Poverty is defined by the government as the minimum income required to provide basic resources. However, this doesn’t take into account the geographic location of individuals. It’s more expensive to live in New York than in a rural area.
What is social exclusion?
People in poverty feeling excluded and alienated from the rest of society which effects them psychologically.
What is spatial inequality?
Examines inequality of resources in a given location.
Describe residential segregation
Urban areas have more opportunity to change SES than rural areas. Urban area are highly dense and crowded, which made middle class people move to suburban areas while the poor remained in the urban cities.
What is environmental justice?
Lack of justice for lower class individuals. The areas they live can be hazardous their health and have poor living conditions.
Contrast incidence and prevalence.
Incidence is the number of new cases per at risk population.
Prevalence is the number of cases overall.
Relate social inequality and healthcare.
Low-income groups, especially racial and ethnic minorities, have an overall worse health profile in terms of morbidity and mortality rates.
