Which of the Following Statements About the Pathways from Poverty

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the pathways from poverty to adverse child outcomes is FALSE?

• A)Poverty puts the health of children at risk in many ways,including the likelihood of having low birth weight,which in turn increases chances of serious chronic and acute illness.
• B)Almost 10 percent of U.S.households experienced food insecurity at some point in 2016,defined by the USDA as skipping meals because they cannot afford to purchase food.
• C)The "HOME" is a widely used interview and observation tool of parent-child interaction,and shows that poverty has a significant negative effect on the quality and stimulation of the home environment.
• D)Guns kill nearly 1,300 children and teens each year and are the third leading cause of death among children.

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Definitions:

Fallacy Of Composition

The erroneous belief that what is true for the individual is necessarily true for the group as a whole.

Economic Relationships

Connections or associations between economic variables that show how changes in one can affect changes in another.

Post Hoc

Short for "post hoc ergo propter hoc," a logical fallacy implying that because one event follows another, the first event was the cause of the second.

Ergo Propter Hoc

A logical fallacy meaning "therefore, because of this," where a cause-and-effect relationship is incorrectly identified based on sequence alone.