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Social Problems
BYU Gibbs SOC112
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2010

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Top 20% richest people in US receive this much income
Definition
almost 50%
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Top 20% richest people in US have this much wealth
Definition
85%
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20% poorest people receive this much income
Definition
about 4%
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20% poorest people have this much wealth
Definition
-1% (in debt)
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% people below poverty line in 2005 in US
Definition
about 12.5%
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How has % of women in workforce changed from 1950 to 2005?
Definition
more than doubled (34% to 73%)
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Percentage on each mans' dollar that women get on average.
Definition
about 76%
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% people with no health care coverage
Definition
about 15%
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3 Equalities
Definition
equality of condition, equality of outcome, equality of opportunity
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% of single mothered families in poverty
Definition
78%
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Average % of waking hours spent in school in a given year in the US in 2004.
Definition
13%
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5 points of Whatever it Takes
Definition
help kids early on, keep helping them throughout life, expand time in school, get parents and community involved, cognitive and noncognitive skills matter
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