The Gini coefficient is

A. the ratio of the percentage of total income received by the top 20% of families to the percentage of total income received by the bottom 20% of families.
B. a commonly used measure of the degree of inequity in a property distribution.
C. the most common way of representing the income distribution graphically.
D. a commonly used measure of the degree of inequality in an income distribution.


Answer: D

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