Poverty Quiz

In which of the following region types is poverty growing quickest in the United States (Kneebone & Berube, 2013)?

• Urban areas

• Rural areas

• Suburban areas

According to the report from the Center for American Progress, schools with 90% White students receive how much more per student funding on average than schools with 90% students of Color?

• $733

• $533

• $333

• $3

How many children die each day worldwide from poverty-related causes (United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, 2014)?

• 2,000

• 12,000

• 22,000

According to Kids Count (2016) report, 13% of White children in the United States live in poverty. What percentage of American Indian children in the United States live in poverty?

• 13%

• 31%

• 52%

• 74%

In low-poverty U.S. schools, one out of every nine courses is taught by a teacher who is not certified to teach it. In high-poverty schools the proportion is:

• One in nine

• One in six

• One in four

According to the Center for American Progress, what proportion of US citizens will live at least 1 year of their lives in poverty?

• One-fifth

• One-third

• One-half

According to Noel et al. (2013), 66% of parents from families not experiencing poverty reported that they always checked to ensure their children did their homework. What % of parents from families experiencing poverty reported the same thing?

• 32%

• 52%

• 72%

• 92%