Choose the correct answer for each question. You should aim for 90% or more for this quiz

1. Relative poverty measures the percentage of people with incomes below 60% of average income. Has this figure risen or fallen since the 1970s?

   1.   ?    Risen
   2.   ?    Fallen
   3.   ?    Stayed the same

2. Which one of the four groups below has not been consistently in poverty?

   1.   ?    pensioners
   2.   ?    single parents
   3.   ?    the unemployed
   4.   ?    couples with children

3. Which two of the following groups are more at risk of poverty now than they were 25 years ago?

   1. Lone parents
   2. Pensioners
   3. Single people
   4. The sick and disabled
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4. Since 1997, the Labour government has introduced a number of changes such as the minimum wage which have affected those on low incomes. Which one of the following groups has benefited most from these changes?

   1. Families with children
   2. Single people
   3. Pensioners
   4. The longterm unemployed
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5. Approximately how many children were living in poverty in Britain in 2002, according to the Office for National Statistics?

   1. 2.5 million
   2. 4.5 million
   3. 3.9 million
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6. Gregg found that one third of children lived in poverty in Britain in 1999. Which of the following factors had more effect on whether a child lived in poverty?

   1. Worklessness - parents being unemployed
   2. Living in a lone-parent family
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7. Women are more likely to suffer poverty than men. What is responsible for this feminisation of poverty?

   1. Women live longer
   2. They are more likely to be lone parents than men
   3. They earn less than men and live longer
   4. All of these
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8. Which ethnic minority groups are most likely to be in relative poverty? (choose one answer)

   1. Pakistani and Bangladeshi households
   2. Black Caribbean households
   3. Indian households
   4. Chinese households
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9. Why do we know less about poverty and ethnicity than we do about poverty and gender?

   1. There are few official statistics
   2. Ethnic minority groups hide their poverty
   3. Sociologists have not been very interested in ethnicity
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10. Why are elderly women more likely to be a larger group in poverty than men?

    1. They live longer and therefore there are more of them
    2. They earn less
    3. They are less likely to have a pension from their job
    4. They are more likely to be lone parents
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