Use the following to answer question(s): Income Distribution in the United States

-An income test devised to indicate poverty for those people whose incomes fall at the bottom of the income distribution is called a(n):
A) means-tested test.
B) relative income test.
C) absolute income test.
D) nominal income test.

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Use the following to answer question(s): Income Distribution in the United States
 
-An income test devised to indicate poverty for those people whose incomes fall at the bottom of the income distribution is called a(n):
A) means-tested test. 
B) relative income test. 
C) absolute income test. 
D) nominal income test.

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A relative income test measures poverty based on how an individual's income compares to the overall income distribution, indicating poverty for those at the bottom.

Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Income Distribution in the United