Deck 26: Understanding the Dynamics of 2-A-Day Poverty in the United States

Question 1

Which means-tested income transfer program has grown since the 1990s?

A) MFP
B) SNAP
C) TANF
D) AFDC

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A nationally representative, longitudinal, multistage, stratified sample of the U.S. non-institutionalized population, collected in panels ranging from two to five years is known as the ______.

A) SIPP
B) UCR
C) TANF
D) SNAP

Answer 2

A

Question 3

All of the following characteristics are true of TANF except it ______.

A) is a federal entitlement program
B) replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children
C) offers time-limited cash assistance
D) imposes work requirements on able-bodied recipients

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Why doesn't Monique apply for disability?

A) She is afraid she won't be eligible.
B) She lives in a homeless shelter.
C) She doesn't want to sit around the house.
D) She earns too much income.

Question 5

Which of the following is a key finding of Edin, Shaefer, and Talbert's research?

A) Most incidents of $2-a-day poverty are concentrated among children experiencing such spells episodically.
B) In-kind assistance has a more positive effect on $2-a-day poverty households than cash assistance.
C) The rise in $2-a-day poverty households in the United States is directly related to increased use of TANF benefits.
D) The majority of children who live in $2-a-day poverty households have at least one parent working.

Question 6

A respondent in this study would most likely have held a job as a(n) ______.

A) adjunct professor
B) bank teller
C) food service worker
D) auto mechanic

Question 7

What is $2-a-day poverty?

A) Households with children living on $2.00 a day or less per person
B) Households with adults who are eligible for but decline cash assistance.
C) Households that have at least one adult who earns less than $2.00 per day.
D) Households that consist of two unemployed adults.

Question 8

Which hardship had the most significant impact on Monique's situation?

A) Housing instability
B) Chronic unemployment
C) Health problems
D) Domestic abuse

Question 9

What was the unit of analysis in this study?

A) Employment status
B) Stable housing
C) The child
D) The single mother

Question 10

The authors use a(n) ______ measure of household resources rather than a(n) ______ measure.

A) consumption-based; income-based
B) iterative; mixed methods
C) income-based; consumption-based
D) mixed methods; iterative

Question 11

Briefly summarize the policy implications of Edin, Shaefer, and Talbert's research.

Question 12

Define iterative, mixed methods research in relation to this study.

Question 13

Explain the authors' statement, "material hardship is a common experience among the $2-a-day poor, but its forms may look different than for other Americans."

Question 14

Discuss the reasons cash has an especially important value to this study.

Question 15

Briefly describe one of the hardships that Monique experienced. Include how this had a cascading effect on her situation.