Which of the Following Was True of Poor Inner-City African

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was true of poor inner-city African Americans in the first decade of the twenty-first century?

• A) In 2006, less than half of inner-city blacks completed high school.
• B) 60 percent of young, inner-city blacks were unemployed in 2006.
• C) In 2010, only 35 percent of black children lived with both their parents.
• D) The number of black children living with both their parents had been steadily declining since before the 1970s.
• E) All these answers are correct.

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