Sociologists Joseph Kohl and Dennis Gilbert developed a six-tier model to portray the

Chapter 6, Problem 7

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Sociologists Joseph Kohl and Dennis Gilbert developed a six-tier model to portray the class structure of the United States. The bar graph reprc...,ntsthe percentage or Americans who are members or each of the six social clnssc!l.. The United Stutes Sodal Ooss !.ladder Social Oass Capitalist w .... l11c ... : $1,000,000 ) Wpper Middle x- ,, ... ., lltS,OOO + J Lower Middle Working Working Poor Underclass ! IHMitl .. U6,000 Percentage of the Populotion Soorre: James Henslin, Sodolo!(); Ninth Edition.AJ1~11 and Bacon.2011. Combined. members or the capitali>1 class. the uppermiddle class., the lo\\cr-middle class. and the working class make up 80% or the u.s. population. 'llle percentage or the population belonging to the 10\\er-middle clas> exceeds the percentage belonging to capitalist and upper-middle classes by 18%. The dirrcrcnce bct,.cen the percentage belonging to the lower-middle class and the "orting class is 4%. If the percentage belonging to the upper-maddlc class is tripled. it exceeds the pcrcen1agc belonging to the capit3list and lowermiddle closscs by 10%. Determine the percentage or the u.s. population who are members or the copitalist class. the upper-middle clas.