Global Poverty Quiz

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What is illustrated by the image shown above?

Poverty cycle

Child-Risk Index

Human Development Index

Educational/income deficit correlation

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2. Why does poverty often have a greater impact on women and children than on men?

In male-dominated societies, poor women and children have lower status and fewer rights.

Men are better at finding jobs than women and children because they are willing to work harder.

There are more programs available to assist impoverished men.

Women and children are not allowed to work in most countries around the world.

3. Educated women have smaller families, but their children are more likely to be healthy and to survive to adulthood because:

They understand the importance of sending their children to school.

They are less-likely to work outside the home and can take better care of their children.

Educated women are entitled to equal pay for equal work in the majority of countries around the world.

They understand the importance of things that contribute to child health, like immunization and proper nutrition.

4. What plays an important role in increasing the standard of living in developing nations?

Reduced dependence on exports

Higher levels of education for women

Increasing the production of cash crops

Increasing the birth rate

5. What is the number one contributor to deaths of children under 5 in the developing world?

The HIV/AIDS pandemic

Malnutrition

Lack of access to vaccinations

Car accidents

	U5MR(per 1000)	Underweight children(%)	Not attending school(%)
Country A	32	61	65
Country B	24	37	27
Country C	21	36	18
Country D	30	58	59

Which country in the table above would receive the HIGHEST score on the UNICEF Child-Risk Index?

Country A

Country B

Country C

Country D

Remember on the Child-Risk Index, a higher score is indicative of a country whose children are considered to be highly at-risk.

Explanation

Remember on the Child-Risk Index, a higher score is indicative of a country whose children are considered to be highly at-risk.

7. Nicaragua: 24 of every 1000 children will die before they reach their fifth birthday. There has been improvement in this area over the last 4 years, as the number has fallen from 27 in 2009. (World Bank 2012)To what rate is this information refering?

Birth rate

Death rate

Infant mortality rate

Under five mortality rate