-The Cumulative Share of Income Received by the 60 Percent

question 71

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{}\hline \text { Percentage of Total Pre-Tax Income Received by Each }\\ \text {Fifth of Households in 1980 and 2010 }\\\begin{array} { |l|c|c| } \hline & 1980 & 2010 \\\hline \text { First 20\% } & 4.5 \% & 4.3 \% \\\hline \text { Second } 20 \% & 10.9 \% & 9.9 \% \\\hline \text { Third } 20 \% & 17.6 \% & 16.0 \% \\\hline \text { Fourth } 20 \% & 25.2 \% & 24.3 \% \\\hline \text { Fifth } 20 \% & 41.8 \% & 45.5 \% \\\hline\end{array}\\\end{array}$
-The cumulative share of income received by the 60 percent of households with the lowest incomes in the years 1980 and 2010 shows that the distribution of income for this group has:

• A)drastically increased in favour of these households
• B)drastically decreased for these households
• C)fallen slightly for these households
• D)risen slightly for these households
• E)been set at random