Tom Luster and His Colleagues Compared "More Successful" and "Less

question 12

Multiple Choice

Tom Luster and his colleagues compared "more successful" and "less successful" children of adolescent mothers. Which of the following characteristics of the mother was NOT associated with successful children?

• A) living with a male partner
• B) living in more desirable neighborhoods
• C) being unemployed
• D) having received more years of education

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Definitions:

Simple Interest

Interest calculated only on the initial amount of money (principal), without compounding over time.

Bonds

Financial instruments representing loans made by an investor to a borrower, typically corporate or governmental, which must be paid back with interest.

Positive Integers

Whole numbers greater than zero, found to the right of zero on the number line.

Difference

The result of subtracting one number from another to show the gap or distance between them.