1 .		Women on welfare have a lower birthrate than nonwelfare women of equivalent social standing and age. [Hint]  True  False
2 .		One out of every ten citizens in the United States is currently living in poverty. [Hint]  True  False
3 .		The top 20 percent of U.S. households in wealth possess 80 percent of the total overall wealth of the country. [Hint]  True  False
4 .		The U.S. poverty rate compared to other industrial nations tends to be lower, especially for children. [Hint]  True  False
5 .		Nonwhite families contribute disproportionately to the ranks of the poor in the United States. [Hint]  True  False
6 .		Poor children today live in better circumstances with more resources available to them than did poor children thirty years ago. [Hint]  True  False
7 .		Forty percent of the poor live in rural areas, where jobs are scarce and resources are difficult to access. [Hint]  True  False
8 .		According to the functionalist perspective, poverty is society's mechanism to discourage people from contributing to their social duties. [Hint]  True  False
9 .		Sociologist William J. Wilson was the first to speak of the "culture of poverty" and its effects. [Hint]  True  False
10 .		Head Start is a government funded program that provides job training and work experience for people on welfare. [Hint]  True  False