Measures of official poverty in the United States
a. are dependent upon the size of a family
b. are dependent upon the family income
c. are used by the Social Security Administration
d. all of these
D
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According to sociologist William Julius Wilson, what organizational change in society transformed the inner cities into ghettos?
A) suburbanization B) urbanization C) deindustrialization D) urban patterns
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Archival data and secondary data are types of direct observations.
Sociologists Kathryn Edin and Timothy Nelson spent seven years living part-time and interviewing unmarried fathers in the poorest sections of Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey. They found the following:
A. Most men were "deadbeat dads" who failed to pay child support or visit their children regularly. B. Men wanted to be part of their children's lives and were proud of them. C. Many men failed to acknowledge paternity. D. The White fathers were less likely than Black or Hispanic fathers to pay child support or visit their children regularly.
The rate of poverty is higher in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)