Population Composition: Sociocultural Characteristics

This chapter focuses on the dimension of population compositionComposition, population that includes sociocultural characteristicsSociocultural characteristic. The various sociocultural attributes that are used to describe populations include marital statusMarital status and householdHousehold structure, educational characteristics, economic conditions (including povertyPoverty), occupation and industry, along with other social attributes. Trends in the sociocultural attributes of the US population are reviewed in this chapter and the implications of the changing nature of its sociocultural profile described.