WGST 1F90 Chapter : Reading Women and Poverty (LEAF FAEJ)

The feminization of poverty refers to

A. an increasing percentage of women in the poor

B. Rasing issues of poverty by women

C. Coming together with poor women

D. Rise in the birth of girls in poor households

1. Poverty is measured by the number of people who fall below a certain level of income—called

a. the poverty line

b. the poverty segment

c. the poverty bar

d. the poverty net

Please help me solve this problem. Thanks.

If 15% of the 250 million adult Americans live in poverty, howmany adult Americans live in poverty?
million adult Americans