According to the "culture of poverty" thesis,

a. lower-class individuals never succeed.
b. with the exception of having substantially less money, life among the poor is similar to the rest of society.
c. poverty is more a function of people's values and attitudes than of their physical environment.
d. alternative family structure among the poor are adaptive mechanisms.


c. poverty is more a function of people's values and attitudes than of their physical environment.

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