Poverty here is defined as having net household income below 60% of the median income, after housing cost. ... The situation is even bleaker for children, with almost a third of children living in poor households in 1999. ... Distribution of poor children by work hours of household Total hours worked by all persons in household Actual poverty patterns 1999 Projected poverty in 1999 if work patterns comparable to 1979 % Distribution of poor children Children who are poor living in households with given work hours as a % of all children % Distribution of poor children Children who are poor...

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The Working Class There were two historical processes that led to the emergence of the traditional working class were industrialization and urbanization, which resulted in masses of individuals living in cities and doing manual work. ... These white collar workers have more money than those below them on the "social ladder," but less than those above them. ...

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Social Stratification and Social Class The definition of social stratification is the division of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige. All nations practice social stratification, and always, the men are put before the women. There are three major systems...

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In the spider diagram below you can see the contributing factors are providing more leisure time. ... Now the British seaside resorts aren't as popular they are shutting down, figure 1 (below) shows the holiday trends from 1968 - 1998. ... Factors that developed package holidays in the 1970s3:  The lifting of the government restriction that only allowed a person to take the equivalent of £50 abroad  Longer paid holidays in the 1970s encouraged people to take a second holiday  The wide bodies jets appeared in the 1970s re...

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These "new- modern day stressors are discussed below. 3.2 Modern Technology Modern technology, such as computers and mobile phones, when functioning correctly, eases the stress and strains of life, but often contribute greatly to the levels of stress we endure. 3.2.1 Computing Security software vendor Symantec said, "When confronted with technical problems, more than 40 percent of British users have sworn at, kicked, or otherwise abused their computers, monitors, and the most victimized of all computer components, their keyboards-(CXO Media Inc. 2000). ... A side effect o...

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Introduction The Victorian Age gives the impression it was an age for proper formal behavior, and that behavior is upheld by modern popular culture through movies and television. It was an age where men and women courted with chaperones. The language men and women used in writing letters to one an...

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