Which statement is TRUE about the poverty line?
a. The poverty line was developed in the 1930s as part of the New Deal.
b. Almost 9 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.
c. In 2014, the poverty line for a family of four was about $17,000.
d. The poverty line is based on the price of food.
d
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According to the text, Durkheim's major contribution to the discipline of sociology was the understanding of the a. effects of capitalism on society
b. social basis of human behavior. c. relationship that exists between man and nature. d. effect of verstehen on our conception of reality.
Which of the following best represents the position of contemporary social scientists concerning differences in intelligence among races?
a. There is no scientific evidence that races differ in their innate mental characteristics. b. The weight of current scientific evidence supports a connection between genetically determined physical characteristics and the innate intellectual inferiority of certain races. c. Recent research indicates there are significant differences in measured IQ for some but not all races. d. Social scientists are now more interested in biological than in social definitions of races. e. Social scientists are generally afraid to tell the truth about racial differences.
Sweatshops traditionally involve all of the following EXCEPT
a. low wages. b. harsh working environments. c. child labor. d. high levels of skill. e. safety problems.
In the class categories used by Gilbert and Kahl, the ______ are at the very bottom of the economic ladder.
A. working poor B. proletariat C. working class D. underclass