What is the poverty line based on? What are criticisms that are sometimes made of this measure? What are the counterarguments?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Minimum food budget multiplied by three.
2. Poverty is overestimated because benefits such as reduced-price lunch or subsidized housing are not included.
3. Poverty is underestimated because poverty used to be half of median income but now it is one-third.
4. Expenses such as taxes or work-related expenses are not excluded from income.
5. Definition does not take into account regional differences.
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What type of nutrition has been associated with better cognitive functioning and greater brain volume? What type of nutrition has been connected to poorer cognitive outcomes?
ANSWER:
A 1965 Brookhaven National Laboratory report regarding the outcome of a major nuclear reactor disaster
a. was immediately released to the public. b. estimated that damage would be limited to an area no larger than Rhode Island. c. convinced most government officials to withdraw support from the nuclear industry. d. estimated that 45,000 people would be killed and another 100,000 injured.
Telling a boy it is his job to protect his sister is an example of
a) gender socialization. b) agents of socialization. c) hidden curriculum. d) global rule.
The mean age at first marriage for respondents in a survey is 23.33, with a standard deviation of 6.13. Calculate the Z score associated with an observed age at first marriage of 25.50 and provide a substantive interpretation of this quantity.
What will be an ideal response?