Chapter 1 & 6

Question 0

Between 1980 and 2005 what happened to the % of people in the developing world who lived in extreme poverty?

Answer 0

Decreased by more than half

Question 1

Country with the highest rate of multigenerational poverty

Answer 1

Nigeria

Question 2

What country has the highest poverty rate among industrialized nations?

Answer 2

United States

Question 3

What does the “feminization of poverty” refer to?

Answer 3

The higher proportion of females than males in poverty

Question 4

Which sociological perspective is most likely to focus on labels attached to different groups of people?

Answer 4

Symbolic Interactionism

Question 5

Which group lives in persistent poverty?

Answer 5

The underclass

Question 6

Concentrated area of poverty and poor housing

Answer 6

The slums

Question 7

Primary cause of homelessness

Answer 7

Lack of affordable housing

Question 8

What does the term couch-homeless refer to?

Answer 8

Individuals who stay at the home of family or friends

Question 9

Means tested programs

Answer 9

Have eligibility based on income

Question 10

Name of the largest food assistance program in the US-what it is called now

Answer 10

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Question 11

Section 8 housing

Answer 11

Attempts to disperse low income families to properties outside of low income neighborhoods. However most section 8 housing is in low income areas due to opposition by the residents in middle class neighborhoods

Question 12

Medicaid

Answer 12

Provides medical care for the poor through reimbursements to doctors and hospitals

Question 13

Head Start is what kind of a program?

Answer 13

Educational

Question 14

Federal minimum wage increase to this in 2009

Answer 14

$7.25

Question 15

The Millennium Development Goal wants to reduce this by half.

Answer 15

The proportion of people who live in severe poverty and who suffer from hunger

Question 16

Which group receives the most TANF cash and food benefits?

Answer 16

Children

Question 17

Ascribed status

Answer 17

One that society assigns to an individual on the basis of factors over which the individual has no control

Question 18

Objective element of a social problem

Answer 18

Refers to the existence of a social problem

Question 19

Subjective element of a social problem

Answer 19

Refers to the belief that a particular social condition is harmful to society

Question 20

What does the Multidimensional Poverty Index measure?

Answer 20

Serious deprivation in the areas of health, education, and living standards