Figure 20-3
Panel A
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Panel B
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
-Refer to Figure 20-3.Panel B focuses on children who live in female-headed households.It illustrates the percentage of those children who live in poverty.For example,in 2000,slightly over 57 percent of all children who lived in a female-headed household lived below the poverty line.How is this information related to the graph illustrated in Panel A?
A) The high prevalence of poverty in households headed by women is inversely related to male poverty rates.
B) The poverty rates shown in Panel B are found by multiplying the female poverty rates shown in Panel A by 450%.
C) The high prevalence of poverty in households headed by women likely explains why female poverty rates are higher than male poverty rates.
D) Both b and c are correct.
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