Which of the following statements regarding poverty in the United States is TRUE?
A) Due to early intervention programs, poor children are just as ready for school as other children.
B) Families with children constitute less than 3% of the homeless population in the United States.
C) Because poor parents use more power-assertive discipline, their children are more likely to complete high school.
D) Poverty causes stressful environmental conditions that contribute to higher rates of suicide and mental illness.
D) Poverty causes stressful environmental conditions that contribute to higher rates of suicide and mental illness. Children living in poverty have higher rates of social and emotional difficulties from an early age, including substance abuse, behavior problems, mental illness, suicide, personality disorders, and lower self-esteem and self-confidence. Poverty in itself may not directly cause these difficulties, but it creates stressful environmental conditions that make them more likely to develop.
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