Exam 38: Poverty and Welfare

The poverty rate among female-headed households is around

Ignoring the issue of whether the CPI overstates the cost of living generally, the fact that the poverty line is adjusted using the overall CPI to adjust for overall inflation means that if the costs of necessities rises

If the poverty line for a family of 4 is $16,000 then the poverty line for a family of two is likely to be

Which of the following racial/ethnic populations make up the greatest numbers of those in poverty?

In 2014, the poverty line was

The economic evidence suggests that the incentives in nearly all welfare programs are

Because of an increase in the work-force participation rate for women, the availability of uncompensated child care (free care by aunts, sisters, and grandmothers)has become less available to poor women so as a consequence the fact that child care must now be paid for suggests that the

Which of the following is true?

The percentage of people in households with income under that which is sufficient to provide a family with a minimally adequate standard of living is the

Since 1970 the poverty rate has

In 2014 children under 18 were ___ percent of the general population, but ____ percent of those who are poor.

SSI differs from other programs in that

A wealthy person may legally use SNAP (food stamps)and WIC vouchers

In cash transfers differ from in-kind transfers in that

The 1960s "war on poverty" is generally credited with

Which of the following programs are in-kind?

Evidence suggests that the 1996 Welfare reform laws increased work by welfare recipients through

The total amount of money that would have to be transferred to households in poverty to raise them out of poverty is the

Which of the following is the group with the highest poverty rate?

If the poverty line is set too low, the official poverty rate will be