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Income-based measurements are deceptive because they hide the real influence of:


A) wealth.
B) social status.
C) employment.
D) education.

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The Moving to Opportunity study found that those in the group who received assistance in relocating and life-skills training in addition to housing vouchers:


A) experienced hostility from their new neighborhoods.
B) were not testable because many participants could not be found later.
C) were no different than those in the control group.
D) experienced less stress and better health.

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In the 1980s,journalist Ken Auletta coined the term "underclass." He said that the underclass was different from the "rest of us" in that they:


A) tended to be more dangerous.
B) tended to have higher levels of education but did not use this to their advantage.
C) for genetic reasons,were more susceptible to perverse incentives.
D) had lower IQs.

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Which of the following people "busted her digit"?


A) one who got a high-paying job and lost her eligibility for welfare payments
B) one on welfare who got in trouble for stealing someone's social security number and collecting two welfare payments
C) one who cashed her welfare check
D) one who skipped out on a long line at the welfare agency

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