ASSIGNMENT3RequiredTemplateIncomeinequalityandpoverty.pptxIncome inequality and poverty
Social Problems Project: Assignment 3
POVERTY
USING COMPLETE SENTENCES, ANSWER EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS IN YOUR PRESENTATION:
Using table B1 (p50) in the Current Population Report, 2018 data only
How many people lived in poverty in 2018?
What percent of the population lived in poverty?
IMPORTANT NOTE: When numbers in any table are reported in the thousands, a number such as 1,000 actually means 1,000,000 or 1 million. For example, in the table for 2018, the total population measured was 323.847 MILLION people.
POVERTY
INSTRUCTIONS: Study Table B1 (p50), focusing on 2018 data only, in the Current Population report and identify the variation found for the different characteristics presented.
For each of the characteristics in table B1, for 2018 only, identify the NUMBER of people with that characteristic who lived in poverty AND identify the PERCENT of people with that characteristic who lived in poverty in 2018. NOTE: You don’t have to write this up—you’ll do that on the next slide.
For example, in 2018, over 24 million whites lived in poverty. This was approximately 10.1 percent of the white population. There were over 8.8 million blacks living in poverty in 2018, which was about 21 percent of the black population. Looking at these two groups alone, while there were significantly more whites living in poverty (number), a much higher percent of the black population lived in poverty as compared to the white population.
After your analysis, answer the following questions on this slide:
Think about why is it important to look at BOTH the number and the percent of any group who live in poverty? What did you find in the data? Poverty does not affect all groups equally.
Note: this is an instruction slide only; remove from your final project
PRESENTING THE FACTS: poverty
Present 5 facts on POVERTY after analyzing the 2018 data in Table B1 in the Current Population Report. Use complete sentences and support all statements with data from the table (refer back to the previous slide for an example of a fact—you can not use the one from the previous slide regarding differences in poverty numbers and percent between Whites and Blacks).
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[feel free to add additional slides for space if you need them!]
Profile of the working poor
After reading the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a Profile of the Working Poor, 2017 (provided for you on Canvas), Present 5 distinct and unique (from each other) facts about the working poor. Use complete sentences and support all statements with data. Do not copy directly from the report, but rather summarize the information and present it here.
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