1.
As of 2015, what was the poverty rate in the USA?
Correct Answer
C. 13.5%
Explanation
In 2015, 43.1 million people lived in Poverty USA. That means the poverty rate for 2015 was 13.5%.
2.
For a family of 4, what is considered the Federal Government’s official poverty threshold?
Correct Answer
B. $24,000
Explanation
All those who make less than the Federal government’s official poverty threshold. . . which for a family of four is $24,000.00. People working at minimum wage, even holding down several jobs. Seniors living on fixed incomes. Wage earners suddenly out of work. Millions of families everywhere from our cities to rural communities.
3.
True or false: poverty strikes all genders equally.
Correct Answer
B. False
Explanation
False: In 2015, 12.2% of men in the USA lived in poverty, while 14.8% of women did.
4.
True or false: Both cases of single-parent families, no-wife and no-husband situations, face equal poverty rates.
Correct Answer
B. False
Explanation
False: No-wife single parent families were up to 14.9% in 2015, while no-husband families wee up to 28.2% living in poverty.
5.
There are more than ____ people with a disability living in poverty in the USA.
Correct Answer
D. 4 million
Explanation
In 2015, the poverty rate for people living with a disability was 29%. That’s more than 4 million people living with a disability in poverty.
6.
About every ___ in ____ child lives in poverty in the USA.
Correct Answer
A. 1 in 5
Explanation
In 2015, 19.7% of all children (14.5 million kids) lived in Poverty USA. That’s about 1 in every 5 children.
7.
About how many low or no-cost meals did The National School Lunch Program provided in the year 2016?
Correct Answer
C. 30.3 million
Explanation
Luckily, there are programs that help. The National School Lunch Program provides low- or no-cost meals to impoverished children. In 2016 alone, the program served subsidized lunches to more than 30.3 million children–and has served more than 224 billion lunches since its founding in 1946.
8.
In 2015, the poverty threshold (more commonly known as the poverty line) for an individual was _____.
Correct Answer
B. $12,000
Explanation
Poverty thresholds are determined by the US government, and vary according to the size of a family, and ages of the members. In 2015, the poverty threshold (known more commonly as the poverty line) for an individual was $12,000. For two people, the weighted average threshold was $15,000.
9.
True or false: Being food insecure means that at some point during the year a person has difficulty providing enough food for all their members due to lack of resources.
Correct Answer
A. True
Explanation
In 2015, the USDA estimated that 13% (12.7%) (or 15.8 million) of US households were food insecure—meaning that they had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. Rates of food insecurity were substantially higher than the national average for households with incomes near or below the Federal poverty line.
10.
True or false: “Deep poverty” means that people live with incomes at only 50% of their poverty thresholds.
Correct Answer
A. True
Explanation
6% of the population—or 19.5 million people—live in deep poverty, with incomes at only 50% of their poverty thresholds.
11.
The average SNAP recipient received about ____ a day in 2015.
Correct Answer
B. $4.23
Explanation
The average SNAP recipient received about $127 a month (or about $4.23 a day) in fiscal year 2015.
12.
In 1996, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent children, which had been in existence since when?
Correct Answer
A. 1935
Explanation
In 1996, TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, which had been in existence since 1935.
13.
Roughly what percent of all food stamp participants are in families with children?
Correct Answer
D. 70%
Explanation
Close to seventy percent of all food stamp participants are in families with children; more than one-quarter of participants are elderly people or people with disabilities.
14.
Dropout rates of 16 to 24-years-old students who come from low income families are ____ times more likely to drop out than those from families with higher incomes.
Correct Answer
D. 7 times
Explanation
Dropout rates of 16 to 24-years-old students who come from low income families are seven times more likely to drop out than those from families with higher incomes.
15.
Less than 30% of students in the bottom quarter of incomes enroll in a 4 year school. Among that group, less than _____ graduate.
Correct Answer
C. 50%
Explanation
Less than 30% of students in the bottom quarter of incomes enroll in a 4 year school. Among that group less than 50% graduate.