Which of the Following Social Classes Lies at the Bottom

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following social classes lies at the bottom of the social class hierarchy in the United States?

• A) American working class
• B) Lower Americans
• C) American middle class
• D) Lower-middle Americans

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Definitions:

Chain-Weighted Index

An economic measure that accounts for changes in both prices and quantities of goods and services over time, adjusting the weightings to better reflect reality.

Laspeyres Index

A price index used to measure the change in the cost of acquiring a fixed basket of goods and services of the same type and quantity over time.

Paasche Index

A price index that measures the cost of purchasing a given market basket of goods and services in a certain year, compared to the cost of purchasing the same goods and services in a base year, with the quantities used in weighting the prices coming from the year of interest rather than the base year.

Ideal Cost-Of-Living Index

A theoretical measure that tracks the changes in the amount required to maintain a constant standard of living over a period.