Def-measuremnt Poverty-2h by Sharon M. Oster

Author:Sharon M. Oster [Oster, Sharon M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, General, Sociology
ISBN: 9780429726606
Google: G3ikDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-11T04:53:43+00:00

although the poverty measure is crude (income level) and the data has liabilities which are particularly severe for the low income population, this is a comprehensive analysis of turnover.

*McKenzie, J.C. "Poverty: Food and Nutrition Indices." In The Concept of Poverty, edited by Peter Townsend. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., 1970.

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A summary of food and nutrition indices of poverty currently used in Great Britain. Evidence on nutritional status of individuals in Britain comes mainly from the National Food Survey, Information on the actual consumption of families (by food type) is coded by the energy and nutrient value of foods consumed; this data is then compared with the British Medical Association's assessment of minimum necessary requirements to provide an estimate of malnutrition in Britain by family type and social class. Problems with this nutrition index include: difficulties in obtaining reliable estimate of individual needs, and roughness of estimates of the energy and nutrient content of particular foods. McKenzie suggests that both nutritional indices and indices of clinical malnutrition be used as social indicator measures of poverty.

McKinley, Donald. Social Class and Family Life. New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1974.

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Presents an analytic review of the literature concerning the associations between class status and family life, as well as McKinley's contributions through his own research.

Some of the author's thoughts and major areas of concern and interpretation as excerpted and/or paraphrased from his book, follow:

Status is defined as the position one occupies in the reward system of a society of system of behavior. As members of a stratum...interact frequently, they begin to develop adjustive norms and feelings of commitment to these norms.

The importance of achievement and mastery over the environment makes the occupation central in determining one's position in the social world.

This central significance of the work role in determining one's contribution to and status in society leads to a focus on the father role. His role, through his occupation, is the most direct link between a rewarding or depriving society and the emotional organization within the family.

Variation in class or status leads to variation in satisfaction. The variation in gratifications felt and frustrations experienced leads to two primary responses--aggression and compensating "achievement" ... and to several secondary responses--regression, anxiety, and submission. These emotional or behavioral responses affect the way a worker plays his familial roles.

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