Sociological Research (Field Research-13)

That’s how Ehrenreich found herself joining the ranks of the working class. For several months, she left her comfortable
home and lived and worked among people who lacked, for the most part, higher education and marketable job skills.
Undercover, she applied for and worked minimum wage jobs as a waitress, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a retail chain employee. During her participant observation, she used only her income from those jobs to pay for food,
clothing, transportation, and shelter