Paco is a child living in Haiti. Both of his parents are unemployed, his family is homeless, and they do not have enough money to buy regular meals. Paco would be considered to be living in ______ poverty.
A. absolute
B. relative
C. means-tested
D. subsidiary
Answer: A
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a. Conventional (orthodox) criminals b. Public-order criminals c. Organized criminals d. Professional criminals e. Occasional (property crime) offenders
Which of the following types of surveys yields the LEAST amount of interviewer bias?
a. mail surveys b. personal interviews c. telephone interviews d. computer-assisted telephone interviewing e. combination of any method
Many analysts suggest that the planet already has more people than it can support in the long term; this means we have exceeded our planet's__________.
A. demographic potential B. carrying capacity C. ecological balance D. environmental balance
Which of the following theories equates the body to a machine that eventually wears out?
A. immune function B. somatic mutation C. wear and tear D. cross-linkage