What Does the Canadian Poverty Rate Measure

question 53

Multiple Choice

What does the Canadian poverty rate measure?

• A) the number of people whose annual household income is less than $17 568
• B) the number of people whose annual household income is less than $21 728
• C) the percentage of government expenditures allocated to antipoverty programs
• D) the percentage of people whose income falls below an identified income standard

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