wages
12.1% earned less than __$ an hour.
A. 2$
B. 4$
C. 6$
D. 8$
C. 6$
compared to other western industrialized countries, the united states devotes far __ resources to programs aimed at assisting the economically unstable.
A. advanced
B. more
C. fever
D. educated
C. fewer
There are __ basic premises underlying the structural vulnerability perspective
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
C. 3
What college created the video we watched?
A. St. John's University
B. Boston college
C. Harvard University
D. Brown University
C. Harvard University
21.2 percent earned less than __$ an hour
A. 2$
B. 4$
C. 6$
D. 8$
D. 8$
A. larger
B. educated
C. advanced
D. smaller
D. smaller
A lack of human capitol ___ the likelihood of events in the labor market will occur.
A. increases
B. decreases
A. increases
Where did the youtube video take place?
A. New York
B. Boston
C. Long Island
D. chicago
B. boston
In the year __, to raise a family of three above the official poverty line, one would need to work full-time (defined as averaging thirty-five hours per week across fifty-two weeks) at 7.50$ an hour.
A. 1952
B. 1992
C. 1982
D. 1999
D. 1999
As Charles Nobles writes, "The U.S. welfare state is striking precisely because it is so ___ in scope and ambition"
A. advanced
B. educated
C. large
D. limited
D. limited
Which of the following is not an example of human capital characteristics?
A. Going to college at St. John's University
B. Doing your homework
C. Sitting in class, talking to your friends
D. Making a jeopardy for your class to review a topic
What characteristics tell you how your students will score on a test?
A. how much their parents make every year
B. how often they show up to class
C. what their ethnicity is
D. absolutely nothing
D. absolutely nothing
Table 3.3 highlights that nearly a third of family heads were working at jobs paying less then __ $ an hour, putting them at significant risk of poverty.
A. 5$
B. 10$
C. 15$
D. 20$
B. 10$
A wide range of social and insurance programs largely ___ families from falling into poverty
A. push
B. prevent
B. prevent
The dynamic of poverty can be described as a game of ___ and those with the least advantages would be found left standing.
A. uno
B. jeopardy
C. charades
D. musical chairs
D. musical chairs
What is the main problem that they discuss in the youtube video?
A. segregation
B. disenfranchised individuals
C. inequalities in education
D. systematic lack of political power
C. inequalities in education
What does table 3.3 in the textbook show?
A. Inability of the labor market to support various family sizes above poverty threshold levels
B. Cumulative percent of the American Population Working below various hourly wage levels
C. Comparative analysis of social welfare policies
D. The widespread life course risk of poverty
B. Cumulative percent of the American Population Working below various hourly wage levels
Which of the following country has universal health coverage?
A. America
B. Greenland
C. Puerto Rico
D. France
D. France
Human capital is strongly influences by the impact of ___ on this process A. friends B. the government C. social class D. family
C. social class
What can we do as teachers to help lessen the inequality gaps?
A. treat everyone equally
B. educate the children culturally
C. teach children to help each other
D. all of the above
D. all of the above