Topics: Economics and Personal Finances, Socioeconomic Class. 1  Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center. 2  Rakesh Kochhar is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
In the United States, the Census Bureau determines who is poor using an economic poverty measure, by calculating official poverty estimates using a set of dollar-value thresholds, or minimum amount of income needed to meet basic needs, that vary by family size and composition.
(Rules governing) Socially acceptable behavior. Something today's society seems to be lacking in, due to the creation of social classing. Etiquette would be helping an elderly lady across the road, not twatting her one in the middle of the road and stealing her purse. #manners #polite #behavior #society #wenman. by Dave(thepunkyone) January 09, 2006.