Discuss who is poor in America, in relation to race and ethnicity, rural and urban areas, employment, age, and family status
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Blacks, Native Americans, and Hispanics have poverty rates that are nearly triple that of whites; however, not all poor people are people of color. Roughly two-thirds of those below the poverty line are white.
2. Poor people live in both rural and urban areas, with the highest poverty rates in the rural South as compared to the urban north. However, the number of suburban poor has increased.
3. A sizeable proportion of American families who work live in poverty, and 70 percent of poor children live in working families.
4. Children have a higher poverty rate than people of other ages, with black and Hispanic children having higher rates than white children. The elderly—once the most likely group to live in poverty—now are the least likely to live in poverty because of government intervention in the last half-century.
5. The poverty rate among female-headed households is much higher than that of married couple families, and about half of poor families depend on a mother alone to support them.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Jeremy believes that women who work have better married lives and tend to be happier than women who do not work. Thomas opposes his opinion by saying that women who work have more stress in their spousal relationship
Whose argument is correct and why? Examine the following options and select the correct response. a. Jeremy is correct because women who work are at less risk of divorce than women who do not work. b. Jeremy is correct because women who work have more time to spend with their spouses and children. c. Thomas is correct because mothers who do not work tend to be happier, healthier, and less depressed than mothers who work. d. Thomas is correct because women who work are less likely to remain childless.
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a. redlining b. woodwork racism c. reverse discrimination d. affirmative action
When researchers make use of multiple sources of information to increase the researcher's confidence that responses to surveys are reliable and accurate is called
a. Triangulation b. Scientific Method c. Research Coordination d. Research Verification