In the United States, the poverty line is ______.
A. set by the government
B. the proportion of people considered poor
C. calculated by subtracting the amount of a household's expenses from its income
D. calculated by subtracting gross domestic product (GDP) from gross domestic expenditures (GDE)
Answer: A
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A person advocating the interventionist approach toward formulating social policies is most likely to believe that ________
a. the unfettered operation of impersonal economic forces can provide equity and justice for all b. the government should become the forum in which various groups exercise what influence they have to gain a share of resources c. people's definitions of situations serve as mechanisms of social control d. an issue is turned into a social problem when it threatens the interests of some group and that group is in a position to do something about it
A person-blame approach advocates social programs that __________
A) seek to control individual behavior B) produce sweeping social change C) reorganize social institutions D) change long-held societal norms
Homelessness in the U.S. is a direct effect of
a. limited poverty b. severe poverty c. an underclass d. insufficient housing
In 2011, how many people were counted by the U.S. government as having income below the official poverty line?
a. 460,000 b. 4.6 million c. 46 million d. 460 million