Which of the Following Statements Is Correct

question 80

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct?

• A) The poverty rate in the United States has fallen since 1959.
• B) Large increases in government cash transfers account for part of the increase in the poverty rate in the United States over the 1959-1973 period.
• C) Rapid economic growth contributed to a decline in the poverty rate in the United States during the 1959-1973 period.
• D) Benefits provided by cash transfer programs caused the poverty rate to be higher in the 1970s than it would have been in the absence of these programs.

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