Which of the Following Factors Might Explain the Declining Poverty

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors might explain the declining poverty rate among the elderly?

• A)the feminization of poverty -Consider This: Concerns the increasing concentration of poverty among women.
• B)progressive taxation
• C)Social Security and Medicare
• D)supply-side economics

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Definitions:

Psychiatric Hospitals

Institutions dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with mental health conditions; another term for mental hospitals, emphasizing the medical aspect of treatment.

Deinstitutionalization

The process of moving patients with mental illness out of institutional settings and into community-based treatment, significant in the history of mental health treatment, especially from the mid-20th century onwards.

England and Wales

Administrative entities in the United Kingdom characterized by their own legal system known as English law.

Deinstitutionalization

The process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder.