Phil, a Janitor for an Expensive Apartment-House Complex in Chicago

question 103

Multiple Choice

Phil, a janitor for an expensive apartment-house complex in Chicago, is a union janitor who makes quite a bit more money than many of the tenants in the building he maintains. Lenski would note that Phil's high income but low occupational prestige demonstrates a condition of ________.

• A) status insecurity
• B) status contradiction
• C) status inconsistency
• D) status incompatibility

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Definitions:

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