UNDERSTANDING POVERTY QUIZ

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1. Having been out of the work force for a while, you update your resume and start sending it out. What is the average number of weeks unemployed job seekers spend before securing another job?

13.4

22.5

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2. Retail work best matches your skill set and experience, and you find a job that pays minimum wage. You’re grateful to have a job, and you know that you can cut corners in your budget somehow. How much do you need to make per hour working a 40 hour week to be able to afford a 2 bedroom apartment aT fair-market rental?

11.50

16.50

19.50

24.90

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3. How many hours a week would an employee have to work to afford the same 2 bedroom apartment at federally mandated minimum wage?

112

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4. You can look to food aid to supplement your household budget. If you use food stamps, you’ll be joining ____ million other Americans who receive them.

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5. Since you can’t afford to buy enough food for the month, your children depend on getting a meal at school. What percentage of children in public schools qualified for free lunches in 2012-2013?

12%

17%

32%

51%

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6. You work but you are still a low-income family (defined by the US government as earning less than twice the federal poverty level). What percentage of low-income families with children have at least one (FT/part-time) working parent?

50%

59%

66%

81%

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7. Your youngest daughter is not in school yet, and the cost of child care while you work is putting a lot of pressure on your limited budget. Child care costs are higher than public college tuition in how many states?

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8. You’ve lost your job, your medical bills pile up and your budget has fallen apart. Behind on rent and facing eviction, you’ve requested shelter for you and your children – but what percentage of requests by families at homeless shelters are not met?

18%

24%

29%

32%

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY QUIZ

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* 1. Having been out of the work force for a while, you update your resume and start sending it out. What is the average number of weeks unemployed job seekers spend before securing another job?

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* 3. How many hours a week would an employee have to work to afford the same 2 bedroom apartment at federally mandated minimum wage?

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* 4. You can look to food aid to supplement your household budget. If you use food stamps, you’ll be joining ____ million other Americans who receive them.

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* 5. Since you can’t afford to buy enough food for the month, your children depend on getting a meal at school. What percentage of children in public schools qualified for free lunches in 2012-2013?

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* 6. You work but you are still a low-income family (defined by the US government as earning less than twice the federal poverty level). What percentage of low-income families with children have at least one (FT/part-time) working parent?

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* 7. Your youngest daughter is not in school yet, and the cost of child care while you work is putting a lot of pressure on your limited budget. Child care costs are higher than public college tuition in how many states?

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* 8. You’ve lost your job, your medical bills pile up and your budget has fallen apart. Behind on rent and facing eviction, you’ve requested shelter for you and your children – but what percentage of requests by families at homeless shelters are not met?

1. Having been out of the work force for a while, you update your resume and start sending it out. What is the average number of weeks unemployed job seekers spend before securing another job?

3. How many hours a week would an employee have to work to afford the same 2 bedroom apartment at federally mandated minimum wage?

4. You can look to food aid to supplement your household budget. If you use food stamps, you’ll be joining ____ million other Americans who receive them.

5. Since you can’t afford to buy enough food for the month, your children depend on getting a meal at school. What percentage of children in public schools qualified for free lunches in 2012-2013?

6. You work but you are still a low-income family (defined by the US government as earning less than twice the federal poverty level). What percentage of low-income families with children have at least one (FT/part-time) working parent?

7. Your youngest daughter is not in school yet, and the cost of child care while you work is putting a lot of pressure on your limited budget. Child care costs are higher than public college tuition in how many states?

8. You’ve lost your job, your medical bills pile up and your budget has fallen apart. Behind on rent and facing eviction, you’ve requested shelter for you and your children – but what percentage of requests by families at homeless shelters are not met?