Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) The large majority of poor children in the United States (70%) live in families where a family-member is employed
• B) In a survey of first- and second-graders in the inner city of Washington, D.C., the large majority (90%) had witnessed at least one arrest
• C) Children who witness violence within the family are at ten times greater risk for psychopathology than children from nonviolent homes
• D) The effects of poverty appear to impact African American children to an even larger degree than children from other ethnic and racial backgrounds

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