How Poor is America's Poor?

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How Poor is America's Poor? by Mind Map: How Poor is America's Poor?

1. Housing Conditions

1.1. 49% live in single family homes, 41% live in apartments, and 10% live in mobile homes

1.1.1. 71% have two rooms or more

1.2. Roughly 5% of poor households have over crowding, with over one person per room

1.2.1. Overcrowding in 1890 was considered to be four or five people per room and 20 sq ft per person

2. Malnutrition

2.1. There is rare cases of malnutrition caused by poverty in the US, however, America's poor seems to be much healthier than the poor in other countries, in fact, most meet nutritional needs

2.2. Ironically, the over consumption of food seems to be more of a problem among the poor than under consumption

3. Immigration

3.1. Nearly 1/4 of America's poverty population comes from first generation immigrants an their children

3.2. Poverty rate is 37% among illegal immigrants

3.2.1. This is due to the lower level of education immigrants tend to have compared to non-immagrants

4. Poverty generally suggests destitution, which is the inability to provide food, clothes, and other various basic needs

5. What is poverty?

6. Ownership and Property

6.1. 43% of poor households have their own homes, typically the house has three bedrooms and one-and-a-half baths.

6.2. Median price for poor households is around $95,000 in 2005

6.3. Most have air conditioning, microwaves, and color television

6.3.1. 97% of poor people in America have two or more color televisions

7. Why could the parents be to blame?

7.1. Most families in poverty have a single parent/income

7.1.1. This could be due to out of wedlock child bearing, where the fathers tend to not stay

7.2. Parent are not working enough, in most cases, the parent will work less than 15 hours a week, averaging 600 hours a year