Where Would We Most Expect to Find Unsupervised Children

question 78

Multiple Choice

Where would we most expect to find unsupervised children?

• A) Day care centers
• B) Low-income communities
• C) In homes where mothers work full-time and parents are divorced or separated
• D) In communities with high adult-to-child ratios (more adults per child)

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Definitions:

Minimum Wage

The lowest legal hourly rate that employers can pay their workers, set by government law or regulation.

Labor Demand Curve

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