Relative deprivation is

A) the inability of lower-income groups to sustain the same lifestyle as higher-income groups in the same community.
B) discrimination against lower-income people by higher-income people within the same community.
C) the cluster of physical and emotional manifestations—such as higher rates of type 2 diabetes and alcohol abuse—seen in lower-income groups in a community.
D) a sense of low self-esteem experienced by people living in poverty.


Answer: A

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