Question 1

What happened,on average,to people leaving welfare during the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They got married. 
B)  They became even poorer. 
C)  They went back on welfare permanently. 
D)  They increased their income. 
A)  They got married. 
B)  They became even poorer. 
C)  They went back on welfare permanently. 
D)  They increased their income.

Question 2

Which of the following families is LEAST likely to be living in poverty?

Accepted Answer

A)  a lone-mother family with one child 
B)  a married couple with both employed 
C)  a married couple with one earner and two children 
D)  an elderly widow 
A)  a lone-mother family with one child 
B)  a married couple with both employed 
C)  a married couple with one earner and two children 
D)  an elderly widow

Question 3

How has the focus of social assistance programs changed?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has switched from providing services targeted at specific groups to universal coverage. 
B)  It has switched from providing subsidies to working parents to increasing welfare benefits. 
C)  It has switched from providing services to all poor people to those aimed at reducing child poverty. 
D)  It has switched from providing noncash services such as school nutrition to funding for food banks. 
A)  It has switched from providing services targeted at specific groups to universal coverage. 
B)  It has switched from providing subsidies to working parents to increasing welfare benefits. 
C)  It has switched from providing services to all poor people to those aimed at reducing child poverty. 
D)  It has switched from providing noncash services such as school nutrition to funding for food banks.

Question 4

Which of the following does the Statistics Canada low income cut-off take into account?

Accepted Answer

A)  province 
B)  family size 
C)  age of family members 
D)  sex of family members 
A)  province 
B)  family size 
C)  age of family members 
D)  sex of family members

Question 5

There are no exact figures for the number of homeless people in Canada.Which of the following reasons is LEAST likely to account for the lack of information?

Accepted Answer

A)  The homeless population changes from day to day. 
B)  It is difficult to count people who do not use a shelter. 
C)  Definitions of homelessness change. 
D)  Cyclically homeless individuals complete the Canadian Census when they are living at home. 
A)  The homeless population changes from day to day. 
B)  It is difficult to count people who do not use a shelter. 
C)  Definitions of homelessness change. 
D)  Cyclically homeless individuals complete the Canadian Census when they are living at home.

Question 6

Many members of the deaf community have problems finding jobs because they are ________________.

Accepted Answer

functional

What happened,on average,to people leaving welfare during the 1990s?

Which of the following families is LEAST likely to be living in poverty?

How has the focus of social assistance programs changed?

Which of the following does the Statistics Canada low income cut-off take into account?

There are no exact figures for the number of homeless people in Canada.Which of the following reasons is LEAST likely to account for the lack of information?

Many members of the deaf community have problems finding jobs because they are ________________.

What Is a Family

Being Different

Getting Together

Wedding Bells and After

Children Yes or No

Bringing up Baby

The Middle Years and the Not-So-Empty Nest

Grey Power and the Sunset Years

The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority

Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience

The Second Time Around

The Family and the World of Work

The Family Beleaguered When Problems Come

Home Dangerous Home: Abuse and Violence in the Family

The Crystal Ballpredicting the Future of the Family

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Exam 15: Poverty and the Family

What happened,on average,to people leaving welfare during the 1990s?

Which of the following families is LEAST likely to be living in poverty?

How has the focus of social assistance programs changed?

Which of the following does the Statistics Canada low income cut-off take into account?

There are no exact figures for the number of homeless people in Canada.Which of the following reasons is LEAST likely to account for the lack of information?

Many members of the deaf community have problems finding jobs because they are ________________.

What Is a Family

Being Different

Getting Together

Wedding Bells and After

Children Yes or No

Bringing up Baby

The Middle Years and the Not-So-Empty Nest

Grey Power and the Sunset Years

The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority

Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience

The Second Time Around

The Family and the World of Work

The Family Beleaguered When Problems Come

Home Dangerous Home: Abuse and Violence in the Family

The Crystal Ballpredicting the Future of the Family

Filters