A macro-level explanation for persistent poverty within the U.S. would be:
a. the lack of interest in work among the multi-generational poor.
b. teenage pregnancies and having children to receive public support.
c. the changing labor market due to deindustrialization.
d. All of these are macro-level explanations for poverty.
Question 2Sociological research over the past 30 years has tended to:
a. support culture of poverty explanations for the poor.
b. provide little if any support for culture of poverty theories.
c. ignore questions of what causes poverty to persist.
d. blame the poor for their situation.
Question 3Theories that suggest that the poor have different values and attitudes toward work than more affluent Americans are called:
a. conflict theories.
b. differential association.
c. self-fulfilling prophecies.
d. culture of poverty theories.
Question 4Oscar Lewis coined the term culture of poverty to explain why some people stay poor. Which of the following values is emphasized in the culture of poverty?
a. living for the moment
b. thrift
c. investment in the future
d. hard work
Question 5Comprehensive research on poverty shows that the culture of poverty theories are:
a. excellent for explaining poverty in the United States.
b. not testable.
c. not well-supported.
d. not popular among the masses of Americans.
Question 6Which of these groups is NOT among those most likely to be poor?
a. African Americans and Hispanics
b. single-father households
c. single-mother households
d. children
Question 7In 2011, about what percentage of Americans lived in homes that earned below the poverty line?
a. 2.5
b. 8.2
c. 15.1
d. 24.3
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