In 2016, among those ages 18-64, 9.7% of males and 13.4% of females in the U.S. lived in poverty. This concentration of women make up a growing proportion of those in poverty known as the ______.

A. relative poverty line
B. feminization of poverty
C. absolute poverty
D. supplemental poverty line


Answer: B

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