Use the Table Below to Answer the Questions

question 94

Essay

Use the table below to answer the questions.
(a)Draw a Lorenz curve for countries A,B,and C in the table below.
(b)Which country has the least equal distribution of income? The most equal distribution?
$$\begin{array}{c}{ \text { Percent of Income } } \\\begin{array} { l l l l } \text { Quirtile } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } \\\hline \text { Lowest } & 8.5 & 10.2 & 2.3 \\\text { fifth } & & & \\\text { Second } & 10.1 & 15.2 & 6.1 \\\text { fifth } & & & \\\text { Third fifth } & 12.5 & 18.3 & 12.3 \\\text { Fouth fifth } & 15.1 & 23.1 & 18.1 \\\text { Highest } & 53.8 & 33.2 & 61.2 \\\text { fifth } & & &\end{array}\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Age Groups

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Polyydrug Use

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Hispanic Americans

Refers to individuals in the United States who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America and Spain.

African American

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