Critics of the U.S. poverty line argue that
a. low-income families today spend far less than one-third of their income on food
b. the U.S. poverty line accounts too much for regional differences and not enough for local variations in the cost of living.
c. the homeless are overrepresented among the poor.
d. Medicaid and public housing are inappropriately included in income estimates of a family.
a
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A. secondary analysis B. fieldwork C. ethnography D. triangulation
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A. hidden curriculum B. meritocracy C. shadow education D. manifest functions