The Working Class Poor

The Working Class PoorThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 4, Episode 255, Segment 1

Nov 13, 2015 • 30m

Dr. Scott Sanders, Assistant Professor of Sociology at BYU, co-authored the study “Work and Occupations.” According to the Agriculture Department around 46.5 Million people received food stamps last year. According to a new study by sociologists at BYU, Cornell and LSU, the majority of the United States poor aren’t jobless. They are working at low-paying jobs, struggling to support their families and themselves.

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