Exam 6: Poverty and Affluence

In learning to adapt to their poverty,people develop norms,values,belief systems,and local institutions that are transmitted to their children.This reflects the __________ explanation of persistent poverty.

Average household income for the top one-fifth of American households was almost $________,while the average for the 20 percent of American households in the lowest income group was about $_________.

In 2008,the inflation-corrected,official poverty line for a family of four was __________.

The severe recession that began in 2008 left unemployment rates hovering around _________ percent for all U.S.residents,and approximately double that among minority groups.

Some of the poor fall below the poverty line because of the loss of a job,or death,disability,or desertion of a spouse.This is referred to as __________ poverty.

Construct a profile of the poor in American society.Who are the most likely to be poor? How do various groups of people that are more likely to be in poverty compare using basic socioeconomic indicators?

Many of the rural poor seek (unsuccessfully)a solution to their poverty by __________.

Although the idea of equality of __________ is central to the ideology of American society,equality of outcome is not.

__________ stratification is a pattern in which individuals and groups are assigned to different positions in the social order,positions that enjoy varying amounts of access to desirable goods and services.

In his cultural-situational approach to explaining persistent poverty,Herbert Gans argues That the solution to poverty lies in __________.

Middle-class teachers often come to believe that poor children cannot learn,and these teachers treat them accordingly.Responding to these expectations,poor children often perform poorly in school.This situation involves a/an __________.

In 2008,about 8.9 million,or nearly ________ percent of all persons in the labor force were working at wages so low that they remained below the official poverty threshold.

According to the text,which of the following has occurred as a result of the 1996 Welfare Reform law?

In the United States today,median incomes of minority households are __________ percent of median incomes of white households.

The number of uninsured Americans rose by ______ million between 2004 and 2005.

When the government agrees to rescue failing corporations,many view the bailout as __________.

For Karl Marx,the lumpenproletariat is made up of __________.

In the United States,in comparison with comparable rates for whites,unemployment rates for black and Hispanic workers are __________.

The U.S.government attempts to "officially" define the poverty line by utilizing which factor?

Many Americans feel that poverty can be blamed on __________.