Chapter 30

86.8

About ____ percent of all Americans live above the poverty line.

late 1960s

According to William Julius Wilson, the main exodus of the black working and middle class from the ghettos took place in the decade of the _____

If the person's money income is below the poverty income threshold

According to official statistics in the United states, a person is classified as poor_____

working poor

All the people employed at or just above the minimum wage could be considered the______

$2

Almost half of the world lives on less than ____ a day.

overestimate the poverty line

Because the value of non-cash benefits to the poor is not counted when calculating the official poverty rate in the U.S., the official statistics_____

fell; rose

Between 1960 and 1973, the poverty rate ____ between 1973 and 1983 the poverty rate____

Disagree, disagree

Conservatives and liberals____ on the causes of poverty and ____ on how to solve the poverty problem.

efficiency

If income were distributed equally our economic____ would suffer.

the official number of persons classified as poor would be lower.

If the value of non-cash assistance to the poor were included in their income_____

38

In 2009, Social Security benefits constitute over____ of all federal government transfer payments.

Government transfer payments

In addition to wages, salaries, and property income, some people receive income from

Charles Murray

In his book Losing Ground, _____ argued that between 1968 and 1980 government antipoverty spending quadrupled, but the poverty rate remained the same.

black families with a female head

In which of the following groups of people in the U.S. would the incidence of poverty be the greatest?

relative distribution rate

Lorenz curves tell us about the____

children

Since 1973 the incidence of poverty has generally increased for____

True

The bulk of all property income goes to the rich.

both the poor and the government

The conservative theory of poverty blames___ for welfare dependency.

income

The lorenz curve shows the distribution of_____

True

The poverty rate is raised each year.

mother, 1-2

The typical welfare family consists of_____ and ____ children.

Deinstitution, homeless population

The______ of the mentally ill over the last two and a half decades, without the promised halfway houses to treat and shelter them has added to the _______.

True

There is no one single cause of homelessness.

$11

To bring her family of four up to the poverty line, a woman would need to earn almost ____ per hour, 40 hours per week, 52 weeks a year.

A study by Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein

Virtually all single mothers- whether working or receiving public assistance had to supplement their income money from relatives, boyfriends, or the absent father of their children. This is a _______

Medicaid

Which goes exclusively to the poor?

Children under 18

Which group has the highest poverty rate?

11 percent

_____ of the children under six living in a two parent home are poor.

food stamps

in-kind rather than cash transfer payments are represented by_____