SMITH MINI CASE: Nathan Smith Is Single and Lives in Detroit

question 101

Multiple Choice

SMITH MINI CASE: Nathan Smith is single and lives in Detroit, where he works on the assembly line at the local automobile manufacturing plant and is a member of the Automobile Workers Union. He views work as a means to buy things to enhance his leisure time and recently purchased a new television so that he could better watch his favorite team, the Detroit Lions, play football. Nathan has always followed the Lions, largely because his dad was a big Lions fan.
-In the SMITH MINI CASE, Nathan is most likely to be a part of which of the following social classes?

• A) lower-upper class
• B) upper-middle class
• C) lower-middle class
• D) upper-lower class
• E) lower-lower class

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