The nurse is on a panel at a conference discussing poverty and health care for those living below the poverty level. Statements the nurse must include are: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. The poverty level is defined as a family of four living on less than $22,050 per year.
2. Two thirds of all poor people in the U.S. are women and children.
3. Demographic factors most strongly associated with children's poverty are female-headed households and race.
4. The greatest number of people living under the poverty level are elderly.
5. Parental race does not affect the level of poverty.
1,2,3
Rationale 1: Increasing numbers of U.S. women and their children are attempting to live on $22,050 or less, which is the current income that defines the poverty level for a family of four.
Rationale 2: Currently, two thirds of all poor people in the U.S. are women and children.
Rationale 3: The two demographic factors most strongly associated with children's poverty are female-headed family and race.
Rationale 4: With two thirds of the women and children in the United States living in poverty, they account for the greatest number, not the elderly.
Rationale 5: ethnic-minority parents tend to have less education and lower incomes on average than do Caucasian parents.
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