7. In general, cash assistance is noncash assistance in the welfare and poverty alleviation programs in the United States. a. significantly more than b. slightly more than c. slightly less than d. significantly less than 8. In the United States over the last couple of decades, the gap between the wages of skilled and unskilled workers: a. increased. b. decreased. c. stayed the same. d. increased and then decreased. 9. Since the late 1960s, a factor that is associated with the in income in the United States ha been the in the percentage of families headed by a. decrease; inequality; increase; women. b. increase; equality; increase; married couples c. increase; inequality; increase; women d. decrease; equality; increase; married couples