When poverty is measured by comparing your position in society with other people's positions in society it is called ______________
A. relative poverty
B. lower class poverty
C. poor poverty
D. absolute poverty
A
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__________ are a series of bar graphs divided into five-year age cohorts, with the left side depicting the number or percentage of males in each age bracket; the right side provides the same information for females
a. Demographic diagrams b. Population pyramids c. Ecological portraits d. Actuarial graphs
Which of the following is NOT an element of Karl Marx's conflict theory?
a. A new society would be created in which workers would own the means of production. b. Capitalist markets would come under the control of monopolies. c. Revolution would destroy the society's productive capacities. d. The exploited workers would rebel against the owners of the means of production.
What is the effect of a criminal record on whites?
a. Reduces likelihood of callback from employers by 75%. b. Increases likelihood of callback from employers by 25%. c. Reduces likelihood of callback from employers by 25%. d. Reduces likelihood of callback from employers by 50%.
In U.S. society, "success" generally means ____________.
a. doing what you enjoy b. making a lot of money c. having no job at all d. being cooperative