The PEW Hispanic Center estimates that there are at least 12 million undocumented workers living in the United States. Without this source of "cheap labor" fruits and vegetables would rot in the fields, toddlers in Manhattan would be without nannies, towels in hotels would go unlaundered, and bedpans and trays would go uncollected. This situation illustrates

a. functional uniqueness.
b. comparable worth.
c. the functions of poverty.
d. status consciousness.


c

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to demographic transition theory, industrialization led to a decline in mortality because of a. improved sanitation

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Sociology