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Show SOCIAL FOLICY ANS4lERS ID roJERTY I.Q. TEST Test Your Poverty I.Q. 2. vllat is the smallest anount of money a family of four would need to be above the federally-defin ed i;:overty level? $5,000. $11,000. $16,000. $21,000. 1. 12% (total of 194,000 people, or the e:iui valent of the Salt Palace filled 17 tines) 2. $11,000. 3. 50% 4. 56% 5. 35% 6. 55% 7. 50% 8. 75 9. False (While there is an increasing number of poor ferrale-headed households, the najority of px>r households are still headed by rren) 10. 19 years(!) 11. 33% 12. 70% 3. 'Ille i;ublic assistance grants in Utah pay __% of the minimum living standard (called Basic Standard Needs Budget) for a Utah family? 20% 30% 40% 50% 'Ibis test was develoi;e:1 by Utah Issues and is based on the Governor's Report on Poverty. 1. vl'lat percent of Utahns lived in i;:overty in 1985? 3% 8% 12% 20% 24% 13. 5 4. vllat percent of p::>Verty-level families in rental rousing pay rrore than 50 percent of their incanes for rent? 16% 26% 36% 46% 56% 66% 5. vllat portion of in<:x:>1re for elderly families in this country canes fran Social Security? 5% 15% 25% 35% 45% --Sheryl Gillilan Social Policy Chair 1~" WORDS PLUS , _ WORD PROCESSING & COMPUTER SPECIALISTS 6. rllat percent of urban, black, singleparent Utah families live in poverty? 5% 15% 25% 35% 45% 55% P.O. BOX 520697 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84152-0697 7. vl'lat percent of Native Arrericans living on reservations in Utah are poor? 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% BETTE COOK 8. lbw nany Indochinese refugees cane into Utah each 100nth in 1985? 5 25 50 75 175 (801) 467-0398 Colll.tn.-.i. froa :t~ 7; 9. .r.t>st Utah families in i;:overty are headed by v01en? True False We also have questio.as_ AccOl'diilg to the 19n state law,, the largest city in the cou.nty 10. Hoo much education does the average Utah wanan need to equal the earnings of the average Utah male with 0-7 years of education? 8 yrs. 12 yrs. 16 yrs. 19 yrs. aust have 351' of the populatioJl of the county ia. order to consolidate_ ln neither the 1980 Census figllf'es Jlor the 1985 estimates 11. What :percent of unenployed Utah v.0rkers received unenployment benefits in 1985? 23% 33% 43% 53% have to c.ha.age these provisioAS! does Salt Lat.eCity have those JI.umbers_ Does this mean that if the co.nsolidatio.n optioA is recom.m.eaded. the Legislature would Because of our eite.asive i.nvolvemeAt,, iA the pt'oblem. of local govenuneat. we feel tllat coounlfflity acceptance of a radical c.ltangein cout1.ty goverJUlle.at can o.aly succeed wit.la an exteJI.Sive educatio.a.al progra.111- We feel that it is probably.more likely that tllep11blic. aAd local governm.e.nt officials. will accept proposals that are Jlot likely to call for radical 12. What :percent of all poor families in Utah work at least part-ti.Ire? 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 13. One of every _ _ children in this oountry was :[XX>r in 1983. 3 5 10 15 20 25 Sa1t Late Voter cluu1.ge_ Tllank you for tlais opportunity to share 011r thou1hts o.n moder.aization of co1llltJRovernm.eJlt_- ----- -- - -- - - -- -- -- - -8- Hat 1987 |
