Exam 15: Poverty and Inequality

One recommendation to achieve gender equality in Social Security benefits is to take into account the differences between men and women and utilize measures to compensate the disadvantaged gender. This is referred to as:

The United States is the only country where single elderly women have lower rates of poverty than do older couples.

_____ have the highest unemployment rates and the highest mortality rates of any minority in the United States.

The concept of "social class" includes all of the following dimensions except:

Replacement rate is the percentage of pre-retirement income that Social Security replaces for a retiree.

The prosperity of some Asian groups can be explained by the high value they give to:

A reason why older African Americans have lower housing wealth is that the Federal Housing Authority encouraged the practice of redlining.

Identify an accurate statement about spouse and widow's benefits.

American Indians are the most poorly educated of all minority groups.

Hispanic/Latinos are ineligible for Medicare because of:

The Indian Health Services was established to provide health care for American Indians at no cost. One of the problems of this service is that it provides few chronic and long-term care services.

Since women of all ethnic groups are involved in relatively more unpaid household work, child care, and other responsibilities, what are some programs that might assist them with adequate sources of income in their retirement years?

Which of the following countries has credited a mother or a father with 75 percent of average earnings for one year for each child raised?

According to the theory of cumulative disadvantage, inequality begins with those who have greater resources and more opportunities to _____ additional resources.

The poverty rates for older Asian women are much lower than that for white women.

The Hispanic/Latino group with the lowest rates of labor force participation and lowest level of education is:

Many Chinese males migrated alone to the West Coast to work on the railroads during the early part of the 20^th century. These elderly men currently have:

_____ as a group have higher income than others classified as Hispanic in the United States.

Older adults have numerous sources of income. The largest source of ethnic/racial disparity is income from:

One's access to a pension is determined by one's employment.