Poverty in the United States: Factors in Poverty; There are numerous factors related to poverty in the United States. According to the American Enterprise Institute, research has shown that income and Intelligence are related. Charles Murray compared the earnings of 733 full sibling pairs with differing intelligence quotients (IQs). He referred to the sample as utopian in that the sampled pairs were raised in families with virtually no illegitimacy, divorce or poverty. The average earnings of sampled individuals with an IQ of under 75 was $11,000, compared to $16,000. for those with an IQ between 75 and 90, $23,000 for those with an IQ between 90 and 110, $27,000 for those with an IQ between 110 and 125, and $38,000 for those with an IQ above 125. Murrays work on IQ has been found faulty by Stephen Jay Gould and others. Income has a high correlation with educational levels. In 2007, the median earnings of household headed by individuals with less than a 9th grade education was $ 20,805 while households headed by high school graduates earned $40,456, households headed holders of bachelors degree earned $77,605, and families headed by individuals with professional degrees earned $100.000. In many cases poverty is caused by job loss. In 2007, the poverty rate was 21.5% for individuals who were unemployed, by only 2.5% for individuals who were employed full-time. In 1991, 8.3% of children in two-parent families were likely to live in poverty; 19.6% of children lived with father in single parent family; and 47.1% in single parent family headed by mother. Part 2 tomorrow.
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