According to the University of Michigan’s Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the most
common events impacting the poverty status of a family include job loss, marriage
dissolution, and childbirth. Who would you expect to be most likely poor?

a. a single mother with children.
b. a married couple whose primary wage earner recently lost a job.
c. an unmarried woman.
d. an unmarried man.


Answer: a

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