Of the following, which statement most accurately describes the likelihood of students who live in poverty dropping out of school compared to their more affluent peers?
a. Children of poverty are less likely to drop out of school, because they realize that education is the only way out of poverty.
b. Children of poverty and their more affluent peers are about equally likely to drop out of school.
c. Children of poverty are about twice as likely to drop out of school as are their more affluent peers.
d. Children of poverty are five times more likely to drop out of school than are their more affluent peers.
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d
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