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Chapter 6 Poverty Amid Affluence
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The Haves and the Have-nots Are the Rich a Social Problem? Wealthfare What is poverty attributed to? –The Poor –The Working Poor –The Severely Poor
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-1: Corporate Income Taxes as a % of GDP; Table 6-1: Average Income Received by Households
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-2 & 3: Average After-Tax Income; Median Household Income
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-4: Poverty Rates of in the Labor Force for 27 Weeks or More
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Poverty and Social Class; The Nature of Poverty Social stratification Class stratification The Poverty Line Who Are the Poor?
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Poverty and Social Class; The Nature of Poverty –Poverty and Minority Groups –Poverty and Geography –Rural Poverty –The Dependent Poor Event Poverty –The Impact of Severe Recession –Immigration and Poverty
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-5 & 6: Distribution of U.S. Families; Poverty Rates, by Age
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-7: Child Poverty in Industrialized Countries
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-8: Poverty Rates, by Education and Race or Ethnicity
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Table 6-2: U.S. States Ranked by Poverty Rate
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-9 & 10: Children with Disabilities Receiving SSI & Poverty in Immigrants & Non-Immigrants
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Concomitants of Poverty Healthcare Education –Poor receive fewer years of schooling Housing and Homelessness Justice –Inadequate legal defense
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Explanations of Persistent Poverty Structural Explanations Cultural Explanations
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-13 & 14: Income Sources for Poor Female-Headed Families
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© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6-15: Size & Composition of Social Welfare Expenditures
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