Exam 10: Poverty: National and International Issues

Among the 17 industrialized countries for which the Human Poverty Index was calculated in 2001, which country had the lowest rate of human poverty?

According to Davis and Moore, class divisions are which of the following?

Compared to their counterparts without disabilities, both women and men with disabilities are more likely to be the sole providers of family income.

To assess low income, Statistics Canada has established a figure for the needs of one adult and proceeded on the assumption that family needs increase in proportion to the size of the family, with each additional adult increasing the family needs by 40 percent of the first adult and each additional child increasing the family's needs by 30 percent. What is this statistical tool called?

A 2001 Statistics Canada survey found that Canada is a decreasingly polarized country in terms of wealth.

Bob quit his job because he didn't like his boss. That makes him ineligible to receive which of the following benefits?

In Canada, which group among seniors has the highest rate of poverty?

According to the textbook, which of the following is the strongest predictor of children's educational ability and achievement?

An individual who has basically lived in poverty their entire life is probably a member of which group?

"Economic apartheid" refers to the economic segregation and social marginalization of racialized groups.

Poverty among visible minorities in Canada has been high with the exception of Aboriginal groups.

Which view of poverty has received a great deal of criticism from contemporary sociologists, who point out that many important occupational roles (such as child care worker) are poorly paid, whereas many individuals in nonessential roles (such as entertainers) earn astronomical sums of money?

Which of the following does the term "underclass" refer to?

The Canada Student Loans Program provides loans to which of the following?

"Corporate welfare" refers to laws and policies that benefit the rich.

Marge makes less money than Phil, who does the same job she does. Marge would be eligible for which of the following?

In Canada, political efforts to reduce poverty among children have resulted in which of the following?

Statistics Canada developed the low income cut-off as a measure of poverty in 1968.

Intergenerational poverty is rare in Canada.

In 1999, the child poverty rate in Canada was lower than the average poverty rate.