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Social stratification refers to ______.
a. a large number of people with similar amounts of income and education
b. one's social ranking
c. the degree to which people feel a part of social groups
d. the ranking of individuals into social strata or groups
d. the ranking of individuals into social strata or groups
Which is TRUE of the poverty threshold?
a. It fails to include foster children or families living in military barracks.
b. It is set at twice the cost of the economy food plan.
c. It varies by geographic location.
d. It was originally based on the consumer price index.
a. It fails to include foster children or families living in military barracks.
Which area of the United States has the highest poverty rate?
a. West
b. South
c. Midwest
d. Northeast
b. South
The term life chances, coined by Max Weber, explains how each social position provides access to ______.
a. goods and services
b. high positions in government
c. religious enlightenment
d. happiness and self-fulfillment
a. goods and services
______ refers to a lack of necessities, such as food, shelter, and income.
a. Absolute poverty
b. Basic poverty
c. Relative poverty
d. Status poverty
a. Absolute poverty
The term "relative" poverty emphasizes the ______ gap between the richest and poorest Americans.
a. decreasing
b. growing
c. completely nonexistent
d.
socially constructed
b. growing
Based on 2016 figures, which group in the United States has the highest percentage of its members in poverty?
a. non-Hispanic Whites
b. Hispanics
c. blacks
d. Native Americans
c. blacks
Which U.S. states had the highest three-year average poverty rates between 2014 and 2016?
a.
Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mississippi
b. South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
c. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana
d. Montana, Wyoming, and Oklahoma
a. Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mississippi
. Based on 2016 U.S. poverty figures, what race has the highest numbers of poor in the United States?
a. blacks
b. whites
c. Hispanics
d. Asians
b. whites
The ______ is the original federal poverty measure developed by the Social Security Administration and updated each year by the U.S. Census Bureau.
a. Household Food Consumption Survey
b. USDA
c. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
d. Poverty Threshold
d. Poverty Threshold
The USDA based the poverty threshold on the 1955 Household Food Consumption Survey,
which found that families of three or more people spent about ______ of their after-tax income on food.
a. one-third
b. one-fourth
c. one-half
d. two-thirds
a. one-third
______ refers to a situation where some people fall below the average income or life style enjoyed by the rest of society.
a. Absolute poverty
b. Basic poverty
c. Relative poverty
d. Status poverty
c. Relative poverty
Which sociological perspective asserts that during periods of economic crisis, the state expands welfare rolls to pacify the poor and reduce the likelihood of serious uprising?
a. feminist
b. interactionist
c. functionalist
d. conflict
d. conflict
Which of these would an Interactionist studying poverty be most
interested in?
a. the public's perception of welfare and its recipients
b. how poverty helps society operate
c. the welfare policies that disadvantage the poor
d. how the power elite are able to use political action committees
a. the public's perception of welfare and its recipients
Jane is interested in how the poor provide necessary services for society such as providing jobs for those who serve
them. Jane is examining poverty through the ______ perspective.
a. feminist
b. interactionist
c. functionalist
d. conflict
c. functionalist
The feminist perspective points out that U.S. welfare policy is shaped by which of these?
a. religious beliefs and corporate influence
b. religious beliefs and the patriarchal family
c. male dominance and corporate influence
d. the patriarchal family
and male dominance
d. the patriarchal family and male dominance
.Which of these two perspectives agree that inequality is inevitable in society?
a. functionalism and feminism
b. functionalism and conflict perspectives
c. feminism and interactionist perspectives
D. interactionist and functionalist perspectives
b. functionalism and conflict perspectives
Nancy Fraser argues that there are masculinized and feminized welfare programs. The masculinized program is associated with which of these?
a. the family or household
b. the labor market
c. food security
d. religious beliefs
b. the labor market
Nancy Fraser argues that there are masculinized and feminized welfare programs. The feminized program is associated with
which of these?
a. the family or household
b. the labor market
c. food security
d. religious beliefs
a. the family or household
What is the term for a set of norm, values and beliefs that encourage and perpetuate poverty?
a. poverty guidelines
b. relative poverty
c. culture of poverty
d. social stratification
c. culture of poverty
About ______ of U.S. households were food insecure at least some time in 2016.
a. 2 percent
b. 12 percent
c. 22 percent
d. 42 percent
b. 12 percent
Food insecurity is ______ in large cities than it is in rural areas.
a. the same
b. less common
c. more common
d. not noticeably measured
c. more common
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides ______ to individuals and families through periods of unemployment or a crisis.
a. training programs
b. job placement
c. temporary assistance
d. computers
c. temporary assistance
Food insecurity is higher for which of these groups?
a. single female-headed household
b. elderly
c. Asian women
d. white
men
a. single female-headed household
Which is TRUE of children in families in poverty?
a. They have higher rates of immunizations than those above the poverty line.
b. They have higher rates of dental care than those above the poverty line.
c. They are more likely than middle class families to have a regular health care provider.
d. They are less likely to receive preventative care in general than
those above the poverty line.
d. They are less likely to receive preventative care in general than those above the poverty line.
What is the average monthly benefit for an individual receiving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
a. $126
b. $256
c. $446
d. $766
a. $126
What is the average monthly benefit
for a family receiving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
a. $126
b. $256
c. $446
d. $766
b. $256
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal provided assistance for which of these categories?
a. housing relief
b. work relief
c. marriage relief
d. mental health relief
b. work relief
Under the
New Deal, ______ programs were the most popular because it was believed that people were being paid for working.
a. general relief
b. categorical assistance
c. social insurance
d. personal responsibility
c. social insurance
Which of these federal acts is classified as the centerpiece of the social welfare system?
a. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Act
b. Social Security Act
c.
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
d. Great Society Act
b. Social Security Act
Which of these programs was part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty to rehabilitate the poor?
a. Head Start
b. TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
c. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
d. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Act
a. Head Start
After a recession ends, poverty is likely to ______.
a. stay the same as before the recession
b. decrease dramatically
c. decrease slightly
d. increase
d. increase
What was the intent of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act?
a. To help those who could not help themselves
b. To
reduce recipients' dependence on government assistance
c. To end poverty in the United States
d. To eliminate racial and employment discrimination
b. To reduce recipients' dependence on government assistance
The Earned Income Tax Credit program was especially designed for which of these?
a. impoverished elderly
b. teenagers
c. minority groups
d. low-income working families
d. low-income working families
The Supplemental Poverty Measure considers which of these important factors in lifting families out of poverty?
a. receipt of noncash benefits such as SNAP and the Earned Income Tax Credit
b. highest level of education in the household
c. citizenship status
d. how many years someone has lived in their house or apartment
a. receipt of noncash benefits such as SNAP and the Earned Income Tax Credit
The U.S. Census Bureau has employed experimental measures of poverty to measure the poverty rate. These measures find that the poverty rate is ______ what has been found with standard poverty rate measures.
a. the same as
b. higher than
c. lower than
d. much more concentrated among the elderly than
b. higher than
Wealth is more equally distributed than income.
False
Separate poverty guidelines exist for those living in Alaska and Hawaii versus the rest of the United States.
True
. The working poor often encounter housing problems.
True
Black and Hispanic workers are more than twice as likely as white and Asian workers to be working poor.
True
According to the World Bank there has been a significant increase in the number of the world's poor.
False
From a Conflict perspective, inequality is systematically created and maintained by those trying to preserve their advantage.
True
As a feminist theorist who analyzes welfare and the media Jane is likely to point out that media and politicians have stereotyped single mothers as abusers of welfare assistance.
True
Feminist scholars have criticized the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act requirements for making women choose to be stay-at-home mothers.
False
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, there is no state in the United States where a low-income worker can reasonably afford a modest 1- or 2-bedroom rental unit.
True
Food stamps cannot be used to buy hygiene products, alcoholic beverages, and vitamins and medicines
True
The U.S. food stamp program is now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
True
People who receive the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act are only able to receive it for 36 months.
True
Most families who leave welfare for work do not earn enough money to afford decent quality housing.
True
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False
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