Poverty Questions

1. 160 million children worldwide are child laborers—what particular job affects 70 million girls?

Mining

Domestic servitude

Farm labourer

Street vending

Garment factory work

2. How many people worldwide face acute food insecurity?

About 185 million people

About 95 million people

About 65 million people

About 345 million people

About 625 million people

3. What percentage of child laborers come from poor households?

82%

56%

25%

38%

70%

4. Which country has the highest poverty rate in the world?

Malawi

South Sudan

Bolivia

Cambodia

Somalia

5. How much money is sent home by migrant workers annually (remittances)?

Over $100 billion (about half the amount of foreign aid)

Over $900 billion (more than 4 times the amount of foreign aid)

Over $410 billion (more than 2 times the amount of foreign aid)

Over $630 billion (more than 3 times the amount of foreign aid)

Over $200 billion (about the same amount as the amount of foreign aid)

6. What percentage of the world lived in extreme poverty in 1820?

25%

80%

33%

95%

50%

7. What percentage of the population of Zambia live below the poverty line?

35%

60%

70%

50%

80%

8. What is the number-one factor that lifts people out of poverty long-term?

Stable, well-paid employment

Health and disability support

Access to quality education

Policy interventions

Housing stability

9. Globally, how much more likely are female-headed households to be poor?

1 to 1.5 times more likely

2 to 2.5 times more likely

3 to 3.5 times more likely

2.5 to 3 times more likely

1.5 to 2 times more likely

10. In which decade did the UK unemployment total peak at an all-time high of around 3.4 million?

1960s

1930s

1970s

1980s

1950s

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