Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. It is sometimes argued that the poor have a characteristic lifestyle, or culture of poverty, that assists them in adjusting to their world.
2. Advocates of the present-orientedness explanation for the culture of poverty argue that poverty is related to the inability to envision a successful future or to plan for it.
3. All severe poverty is self-perpetuating.
4. Children are less likely than people of other age groups to experience poverty.
5. Today nearly one-half of the U.S. population receives some form of direct government benefit.


1.true
2.true
3.false
4.false
5.false

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