"Underclass "refers to____________?
Correct answer: C. the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city
- A. the poor who are concentrated in isolated rural areas
- B. individuals who experience occasional poverty but who move back into the "mainstream" of economic life within 12 months
- C. the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city
- D. both b and c
Explanation
The underclass refers to people trapped in persistent poverty, often because deindustrialisation and job redistribution have produced long-term unemployment in inner-city areas. Occasional poverty followed by a return to the economic mainstream describes temporary poverty, not the underclass.
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