SOCI 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Social Stratification, Agreeableness
9 Mar 2016
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Three different models of how social stratification could affect your health outcome: childhood poverty, long-term poverty (indirect, long-term poverty (direct) Unpredictability: result of a chronic illness vs. a sudden accident, etc: whom it happens to: Personality: people who are low in agreeableness, etc. Social stratification: determines the resources you have, how well you are able to cope with the event. Role history: the sequence of experiences leading up to that event. The events leading up to the event are what determine how stressful it is for you. If the relationship was not going very well, etc. X2: level of family support, cultural attitudes/stress towards marriage, cultural compatibility, mental health, stable personality traits. Unpredictability: you know when you are supposed to graduate. If gives you something to fall back on (if you are from a rich family) The amount of debt you have once you graduate is a factor. In general, the resources that are available to you.
