Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?

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1. Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because_____________?

   A. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution
   B. they lead more people to be defined as in poverty
   C. the median is a more accurate measurement of earning than the mean
   D. all of the above

2. Extreme poverty is often defined as living on less than US$1 per day how has extreme poverty changed between 1981 and 2004 ?

   A. stayed the same around 1.5 billion people
   B. rose from 1.5 billion people to 3 billion
   C. fell form 1.5 billion people to 1 billion
   D. rose from 1.5 billion people to 2.5 billion

3. A mean, median and mode are all examples of_______________?

   A. measures of variation
   B. measures of central tendency
   C. measures of enumeration
   D. measures of correlation
   E. measures of coefficients

4. Bernstein thought that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because____________?

   A. this pattern of speech made them the target of bullying
   B. they referred to explicit context independent meanings
   C. they prevented children from communicating outside of their peer groups
   D. they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

5. The conflict theory holds that stratification exists because____________?

   A. its benefits individuals and groups who have the power to dominate and exploit others
   B. privilege prestige and power are equally distributed in society
   C. the capitalist drive to distribute wealth equitably is the foundation of modern society
   D. capitalists and workers are class conscious

6. Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant, because____________?

   A. sociologists like to put a value on different theories
   B. Knowledge refers to people and their values
   C. theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values
   D. attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable

7. Which of these ethnic groups has the greatest proportion of households below 60 per cent of median income ?

   A. Whites
   B. Indians
   C. Black Caribbean’s
   D. Bangladeshis

8. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that______________?

   A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
   B. the government should be raising benefit levels
   C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
   D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries

9. Children living in poverty tend to be more likely______________?

   A. to be killed in road accident
   B. to have a diet consisting primarily of vegetables
   C. to live in male-headed households
   D. none of the above

10. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?

    A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
    B. the government should be raising benefit levels
    C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
    D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries