Social Class

1. African-Americans and Hispanics are nearly 2 times as likely than whites to live in poverty.

• True

• False

2. While people living in poverty are less likely to have health insurance, they are less likely to postpone needed medical treatment.

• True

• False

3. In the United States today children make up one of the fastest growing segments of the population who are poor.

• True

• False

4. With regards to gender, more men are becoming the heads of single-parent households, households that are at an increased risk of living in poverty.

• True

• False

5. Although they are less likely to commit crime, people who are poor are more likely to be convicted of crime and more likely to be the victims of crime.

• True

• False

6. Due primarily to being in overall better health, people who are more affluent (richer) live, on average, 5 years longer than people who are poor.

• True

• False

7. People who are richer or more affluent are more likely to vote and more likely to be more politically active than people who are poor.

• True

• False

8. People under the age of 24 make up only about 20% of those people living in poverty.

• True

• False

9. Poorer people, who are more likely to be uninsured, are less likely to get needed prescriptions or medications filled.

• True

• False

10. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the government agency most responsible for setting the poverty level, or poverty threshold.

• True

• False