Changes in the Lorenz Curve Since 1929 in the United

question 215

Multiple Choice

Changes in the Lorenz curve since 1929 in the United States indicate that

• A) the distribution of income today is identical to what it was in 1929.
• B) the distribution of income is slightly less equal today than in 1929.
• C) the distribution of income is slightly more equal today than in 1929.
• D) the distribution of income is much more equal today than it was in 1929.

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Definitions:

Buffering

Pushing apart; having distance, space, and privacy as an individual within the family unit.

Mesosystem

The quality of relationships among the people in a child’s microsystem.

Exosystem

A concept in ecological systems theory referring to the external social settings that indirectly influence an individual's development.

Chronosystem

Part of the ecological systems theory, it encompasses the dimension of time as it relates to an individual's environments and life events.