Attempts Average / 2 1. Income distribution, poverty, and discrimination - Key terms For each of the following definitions, choose the correct term from the dropdown list in the table. Definition Term Government payments in the form of goods or services, such as food stamps A non-market-wage-setting process based on the principle that employees who work for the same firm must be paid the same wage when their jobs require similar levels of education, training, experience, and responsibility A requirement that a family's income be below a specified level to receive government assistance For each of the following U.S. government programs, select the program description. Program Program Description TANF Food stamps OASDHI3. Income distribution and poverty Simply observing the trend in income distribution may not give us the complete picture about inequality and poverty in the United States. We also have to look into how real median income has changed over the years to see if the size of the income pie has grown. What was the general trend for real median family income in the United States for the period 1980-2016? It fell till 2000 and then rose. It rose steadily throughout the period. It fell steadily throughout the period. It rose till 2000 and then fell, but rose again since 2010. Households possessing which of the following characteristics had the highest poverty rate in 2016? Male household head, no wife present Household head with no high school diploma Female household head, no husband present Household head with high school diploma, no college Grade It Now Save & Continue Continue without saving 4. Understanding the U.S. poverty line The following table shows the U.S. poverty thresholds for 2016 by size of family and number of related children under the age of 18. All figures are in dollars. For example, a family with two adulls and one child is considered to be living in poverty if the family's income in 2016 is below $19,318. Related Children under 18 Years size of Family Unit None One Two Three Four Five One person (unrelated individual) Under 65 years 12,486 65 years and over 11,511 Two persons Households under 55 years 16,072 16,543 Households 65 years and over 14,507 16,480 Three persons 18,774 19,318 19,337 Four persons 24,755 25,160 24,339 24,424 Five persons 29,854 30,288 29,360 28,643 28,205 Six persons 34,337 34,473 33,763 33,082 32,070 31,470 Seven persons 39,509 39,756 38,905 38,3 13 37,208 35,920 Eight persons 44,188 44,578 43,775 43,072 42,075 40,809 Nine persons or more 53,155 53,413 52,702 52,106 51,127 49,779 Source: \"Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Children, 2016,\" United States Census Bureau, last modified August 11, 2017, accessed December 2, 2017, https:l/www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty thresholds.html. Kyoko and Jacques are married, under the age of 65, and have three children under the age of 18. Jacques works full time and earns $19,000, while Kyoko works part time and earns $9,000. Thus, in total, their family income is $28,000. The poverty threshold for a family with two adults and three children under the age of 18 is $ Are Jacques and Kyoko living in poverty? Yes NO Suppose that Jacques divorces Kyoko and leaves the family without paying alimony or child support. Kyoko must now support her three children alone, so she begins working Full time and earns a total of $18,000. Are Kyoko and her children living in poverty? Yes NO Again, consider Kyoko, a single mother with three children under 18 who earns an annual income of $18,000. Suppose that Kyoko qualifies for a welfare program for single parents that provides her with $600 cash for each child (a total of $1,800, since Kyoko has three children). After receiving welfare, is Kyoko's family living in poverty? Yes No