Megan has no real hope of getting out of poverty. She is willing to work hard, but lacks the ...

Megan has no real hope of getting out of
 
  poverty. She is willing to work hard, but lacks the necessary education and training to get a good job in an information and service economy. Sociologists would classify her as a member of the __________ poor.
 
  A) near
  B) working
  C) new
  D) old

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Mary lives on the streets. She begs for money and food and often goes hungry. She is __________.
 
  A) living below the poverty line
  B) a member of the old poor
  C) experiencing institutional discrimination
  D) taking part in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

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The __________ poor are the poor of an earlier
 
  generation who had hopes of breaking out of poverty because unskilled and semiskilled jobs were plentiful.
 
  A) working
  B) old
  C) new
  D) severely

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Mark's parents grew up poor but saved and
 
  worked hard and experienced some upward mobility, mostly through Mark who worked his way through college and landed a good job. They are an example of the __________.
 
  A) near poor
  B) working poor
  C) new poor
  D) old poor

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Bill lives in a(n) __________ where over four out of every ten of his neighbors is in poverty.
 
  A) project
  B) extreme-poverty neighborhood
  C) inner-city
  D) suburb

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The census generally __________.
 
  A) overestimates the number of poor
  B) underestimates the number of poor
  C) overcounts illegal immigrants
  D) overcounts the homeless

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Which of the following are critiques of the government poverty measure?
 
  A) It varies from region to region
  B) It does not keep up with inflation.
  C) Housing costs take up less of the family budget than food.
  D) It has never changed.

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People whose incomes are above the poverty threshold but below 125 percent of that threshold are the __________.
 
  A) working poor
  B) near poor
  C) new poor
  D) old poor

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The __________, those whose incomes are at half the poverty line or less, make up over 6 percent of the U.S. population.
 
  A) working poor
  B) old poor
  C) new poor
  D) severely poor

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People who work but are still below the poverty line are the __________ poor.
 
  A) working
  B) near
  C) new
  D) old