SSDAN Exercise Module

Course: Sociology 100: Sociological Perspectives

Module Description: How are earnings determined? Why do some people earn more than others? Does a better job necessarily mean a better salary? In this module, students will attempt to answer these questions and many others. In doing so, they will examine several factors such as education and occupation in terms of the role they play in determining earnings. Can a person with higher education expect to earn more? Students will also look at the earnings of whites and compare them to the earnings of blacks, Latinos, and Asians. Who earns the most? Another consideration will center on the effect of gender. Do men still earn more than women? Finally, students will turn their attention to the age of workers. Are older workers paid more?

Aside from earnings, this module will also take a brief look at poverty in terms of the roles race-ethnicity and family structure play in creating and sustaining it.

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Course Syllabus

Effects of Education and Occupation on Earnings

Untangling the Effects of Education and Occupation on Earnings

Race and Gender Differences in Earnings

Earnings: White Anglos, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians, and men and women

Poverty: The effects of Race-ethnicity, family structure, and age

FREYCEN datasets used: WORK9X, EARN9, HHPOV9