Researching Global StratificationName ______________________________MINI ASSIGNMENTIn your textbook (Table 6.2, p. 147) Barkan compares the US with Uganda to show the differences in a country’s well being and thus, life chances. Choose a different “poor” country (however you define “poor”) to compare with the United States and research the following statistics filling out the right hand column. (I’ve provided the US statistics from Barkan for comparison). Try to find the latest numbers and include the year. BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE SOURCE OF YOUR INFORMATION. Then answer the questions below, save this file using your last name and submit to the drop box by the due date. COUNTRY AND YEAR OF STATISTICS FOUND UNITED STATES (2010) Gross national income per capita ($) 46,970 Population living below $2 per day (%) 0 Infant mortality rate (number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births) 6.6 Life expectancy at birth (years) 78 Lifetime births per woman 2.1 Underweight children, ages 1 Motor vehicles per 1,000 population 787 Source of statistics? Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC What factors account for any differences you found between your country and the US? ( 100 words) How might your findings relate to Sach’s argument about poor countries in “The End of Poverty”? ( 100 words) Do you think rich nations are doing enough to help poor nations? Why or why not? ( 100 words) After reading the Henslin article "Eating Your Friends is the Hardest" discuss whether the behavior of the Andes crash survivors was deviant or not. Relate this behavior to any sociological concept as discussed in the Groups chapter or Deviance and Norms chapter in the Barkan text (Chapters 4 and 5) AND to one of the experiments shown in this week's folder. Underline the concept you used. Which theoretical perspective best describes the survivors' behavior and why? Do you think you would do the same under these circumstances? Why or why not? (200-300 words)

Researching Global Stratification Name ______________________________ MINI ASSIGNMENT In your textbook (Table 6.2, p. 147) Barkan compares the US with Uganda to show the differences in a country’s...

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In your textbook (Table 6.2, p. 147) Barkan compares the US with Uganda to show the differences in a country’s well being and thus, life chances. Choose a different “poor” country (however you define “poor”) to compare with the United States and research the following statistics filling out the right hand column. (I’ve provided the US statistics from Barkan for comparison). Try to find the latest numbers and include the year. BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE SOURCE OF YOUR INFORMATION. Then answer the questions below, save this file using your last name and submit to the drop box by the due date.

COUNTRY AND YEAR OF STATISTICS FOUND	UNITED STATES (2010)
Gross national income per capita ($)	46,970
Population living below $2 per day (%)	0
Infant mortality rate (number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births)	6.6
Life expectancy at birth (years)	78
Lifetime births per woman	2.1
Underweight children, ages	1
Motor vehicles per 1,000 population	787
*Source of statistics?*	Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC

What factors account for any differences you found between your country and the US? ( 100 words)

How might your findings relate to Sach’s argument about poor countries in “The End of Poverty”? ( 100 words)

Do you think rich nations are doing enough to help poor nations? Why or why not? ( 100 words)

After reading the Henslin article "Eating Your Friends is the Hardest" discuss whether the behavior of the Andes crash survivors was deviant or not. Relate this behavior to any sociological concept as discussed in the Groups chapter or Deviance and Norms chapter in the Barkan text (Chapters 4 and 5) AND to one of the experiments shown in this week's folder. Underline the concept you used. Which theoretical perspective best describes the survivors' behavior and why? Do you think you would do the same under these circumstances? Why or why not? (200-300 words)

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Researching Global Stratification
Name ______________________________
MINI ASSIGNMENT
    COUNTRY AND YEAR OF STATISTICS FOUND
    UNITED STATES (2010)
    Ethopia
    Gross national income per capita ($)
    46,970
    1,110
    Population living below $2 per day (%)
    0
    0
    Infant mortality rate (number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
    6.6
    77.12
    Life expectancy at birth (years)
    78
    56.56
    Lifetime births per woman
    2.1
    6.02
    Underweight children, ages < 5 (%)
    1
    38
    Motor vehicles per 1,000 population
    787
    7
    Source of statistics?
    Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC
    http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_statistics.html
1 I found that the country is very poor in terms of human development as poverty and epidemic diseases are rampant. The literacy rates are very low and consumption patterns are marked by very low levels of income. The government has always been in great trouble because there were no stability in any effort made by the government to eradicate poverty of to make people live well. Every aspect of human life including the steps taken by the government has...

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