SOC 3.1.1 Key issues for the urban poor

Where is the majority of the urban poor work?

• In the informal sector

• In the formal sector

• They don't work

• In the education sector

Which of the following is NOT a challenge that the urban poor face?

• Low skills and low wages

• Unsatisfactory working conditions

• Unemployment

• Lack of social insurance

• Lack of friends and family

Unemployment is a problem because it increases social and urban unrest.

• True

• False

• I don't know

Child labor is a characteristic of urban poverty with the highest levels in Latin America and the Caribbean

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The region with the highest child labor is Sub-Sahara Africa

_____ are typically the most vulnerable often sent to work in the informal economy and as domestic workers

Approximately, one __________ people (around 1/3 of the population) live in slums around the world

What are the two major deficiencies with the UN-Habitat approach to measuring slums?

• The inability to measure poverty

• The lack of a spatial dimension

• The inability to capture improvements of individual deficiencies over time

• The lack of social dimention

Which of the following is not one of the four basic shelter deprivations

• Dwellings made of contaminating material

• Lack of access to improved water supply

• Lack of access to improved sanitation

• Overcrowding

• Dwellings made of non-durable material

Select the three general caracteristics of slums.

• Informal settlements with poor quality housing

• Small lots and narrow streets

• Limited access to services

• Often located on insecure land

_______ is the continent that has the countries furthest from achieving the slum targets