People Whose Incomes Are Above the Poverty Threshold but Below

question 57

Multiple Choice

People whose incomes are above the poverty threshold but below 125 percent of that threshold are the __________.

• A) working poor
• B) near poor
• C) new poor
• D) old poor

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