The Feminization of Poverty Is

question 98

Multiple Choice

The feminization of poverty is

• A) less of an issue in the United States than in other Western industrialized nations.
• B) a trend that exists in many developing nations but not in the industrialized world.
• C) a trend in which women who support themselves or their families have become the majority of the adult population living in poverty.
• D) a trend of the past that has been successfully overcome by strong public policies safeguarding women.

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