Author Question: Why is it important to close the educational attainment gap between groups? a. because there is a ... (Read 29 times)

joesmith1212 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Why is it important to close the educational attainment gap between groups?

a. because there is a nonlinear relationship between educational attainment and happiness
b. because people with a high school diploma earn more than people with an associate's two-year degree, but less than those people with a bachelor's degree
c. because there is a pay inequity between men and women
d. because there is a linear relationship between educational attainment and income

Question 2

In 1965, Mollie Orshansky was largely responsible for the official fixed-income definition of the poverty line. The central factor in her formula is __________.

a. income compared to median annual family income
b. the cost of housing adjusted for increases in the consumer price index
c. an index of interest rates accessible to the poor, factored into the cost of living index
d. food consumption