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Details Title Social Problems Description BYU Gibbs SOC112 Total Cards 12 Subject Sociology Created 12/13/2010

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Term Top 20% richest people in US receive this much income	Definition almost 50%
Term Top 20% richest people in US have this much wealth	Definition 85%
Term 20% poorest people receive this much income	Definition about 4%
Term 20% poorest people have this much wealth	Definition -1% (in debt)
Term % people below poverty line in 2005 in US	Definition about 12.5%
Term How has % of women in workforce changed from 1950 to 2005?	Definition more than doubled (34% to 73%)
Term Percentage on each mans' dollar that women get on average.	Definition about 76%
Term % people with no health care coverage	Definition about 15%
Term 3 Equalities	Definition equality of condition, equality of outcome, equality of opportunity
Term % of single mothered families in poverty	Definition 78%
Term Average % of waking hours spent in school in a given year in the US in 2004.	Definition 13%
Term 5 points of Whatever it Takes	Definition help kids early on, keep helping them throughout life, expand time in school, get parents and community involved, cognitive and noncognitive skills matter

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