Which of the Following Has Been a Result of Welfare

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has been a result of welfare reform?

• A)employment among mothers who head families substantially decreased
• B)about two thirds of mothers who head families found work only eight years after reform
• C)the incomes of mothers who head families went down on average
• D)welfare spending per recipient decreased significantly
• E)most states combined tough new eligibility rules with an expanded menu of welfare services

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Definitions:

Lower Confidence Bound

The lower limit of a confidence interval, indicating the smallest value that, based on the data, might be considered a plausible estimate of a parameter.

Population Proportions

A statistical measure that represents the fraction or percentage of units in a population that possess a certain trait or characteristic.

Upper Confidence Bound

The upper limit of a confidence interval, indicating the maximum value within which a population parameter is expected to lie with a certain probability.

Population Proportions

The ratio of members in a population that have a particular attribute to the total number of members in the population.