RST 230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Spatial distribution of poverty in the U.S. ANSW✅✅● Southeast, southwest
○ Immigrants
○ Mexicans, African Americans
● Mississippi Valley
● Native American reservations
● West Virginia - Appalachians (White, working class, coal mining area)
Forced leisure and true leisure ANSW✅✅Forced: (Unemployed) They have plenty of free time on
their hands, but they were not in the position to decide to have leisure, they were not given the free
choice and so they cannot enjoy it.
True Leisure: who made a decision to have leisure, those who had a freedom of choice,
Benefits of leisure for the unemployed ANSW✅✅○ Health (reduce obesity)
○ Stress relief (mental health - prevent depression)
○ Time to make yourself a better employee (connections, resume building)
○ Spend time with family
○ Self-accomplishment (feeling of self-esteem and mastery)
○ Start a new career path (time to learn new skills)
Homelessness rates in the U.S. ANSW✅✅-Estimation: Up to 1% of the population (3.5 million)
Reasons for homelessness ANSW✅✅job loss, runaway, born into it, mental illness, not financially
educated, natural disaster, drug addiction, violence, ex convicts, medical bills, veterans, drop outs.
Characteristics of homeless people (who are the people who are homeless?) ANSW✅✅■ 50-60%
are single men
■ 30% are families with children - the fastest growing group
■ 17% are single women
, ■ High population: NY, California
■ Low population: North Dakota
■ 42% are African American
■ 39% are white
■ 13% are Hispanic
● Low because large families take care of each other
Stages of homelessness ANSW✅✅1) Marginal: These are the people who live near or below the
poverty line. Often the share overcrowded accommodations or must rely on their relatives or friends
for accommodation.
2) Recently: w/o a home for less than a year. View their situation as temporary.
3) Chronic: These are the people who have been without a home for a year or more and have come
to accept their lives on the streets as the norm.
13. Benefits of leisure for the homeless ANSW✅✅promote their physical and mental well-being,
build their confidence that they are capable of participating in normal activities, social skills, sense of
normalcy, increase self esteem.
The underclass ANSW✅✅the lower class (poor)
Three types of capital (economic, social, and cultural) ANSW✅✅economic - economic resources
(your retirement, land, business, and 401k)
social - access to resources based on networks of influence & support group membership,
relationships.
cultural - education, skills, knowledge that a person has that give him/her higher status in society
The ways in which socio-economic status and capital affect leisure and sport participation
ANSW✅✅-no money to travel
-how much time you have
-location(membership)
-income
ANSWERS
Spatial distribution of poverty in the U.S. ANSW✅✅● Southeast, southwest
○ Immigrants
○ Mexicans, African Americans
● Mississippi Valley
● Native American reservations
● West Virginia - Appalachians (White, working class, coal mining area)
Forced leisure and true leisure ANSW✅✅Forced: (Unemployed) They have plenty of free time on
their hands, but they were not in the position to decide to have leisure, they were not given the free
choice and so they cannot enjoy it.
True Leisure: who made a decision to have leisure, those who had a freedom of choice,
Benefits of leisure for the unemployed ANSW✅✅○ Health (reduce obesity)
○ Stress relief (mental health - prevent depression)
○ Time to make yourself a better employee (connections, resume building)
○ Spend time with family
○ Self-accomplishment (feeling of self-esteem and mastery)
○ Start a new career path (time to learn new skills)
Homelessness rates in the U.S. ANSW✅✅-Estimation: Up to 1% of the population (3.5 million)
Reasons for homelessness ANSW✅✅job loss, runaway, born into it, mental illness, not financially
educated, natural disaster, drug addiction, violence, ex convicts, medical bills, veterans, drop outs.
Characteristics of homeless people (who are the people who are homeless?) ANSW✅✅■ 50-60%
are single men
■ 30% are families with children - the fastest growing group
■ 17% are single women
, ■ High population: NY, California
■ Low population: North Dakota
■ 42% are African American
■ 39% are white
■ 13% are Hispanic
● Low because large families take care of each other
Stages of homelessness ANSW✅✅1) Marginal: These are the people who live near or below the
poverty line. Often the share overcrowded accommodations or must rely on their relatives or friends
for accommodation.
2) Recently: w/o a home for less than a year. View their situation as temporary.
3) Chronic: These are the people who have been without a home for a year or more and have come
to accept their lives on the streets as the norm.
13. Benefits of leisure for the homeless ANSW✅✅promote their physical and mental well-being,
build their confidence that they are capable of participating in normal activities, social skills, sense of
normalcy, increase self esteem.
The underclass ANSW✅✅the lower class (poor)
Three types of capital (economic, social, and cultural) ANSW✅✅economic - economic resources
(your retirement, land, business, and 401k)
social - access to resources based on networks of influence & support group membership,
relationships.
cultural - education, skills, knowledge that a person has that give him/her higher status in society
The ways in which socio-economic status and capital affect leisure and sport participation
ANSW✅✅-no money to travel
-how much time you have
-location(membership)
-income
