RST 230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Benefits of leisure for the unemployed ANSW✅✅Distraction from their regular life, helps them
build social capital, provides family time and helps to develop skills that may help them find a job
Homelessness Rates in the US ANSW✅✅0.2%
Reasons for Homelessness ANSW✅✅Divorse settlements, parents kick you out, addiction
problem, lost jobs
Characteristics of Homeless ANSW✅✅Largest group is single men, followed by families with
children and Latinos are least homeless group
Stages of Homelessness ANSW✅✅Stage 1: Marginally Homeless
Stage 2: Recently Homeless
Stage 3: Chronically Homeless
Marginally Homeless ANSW✅✅People who have a home but largely rely on someone else to
accommodate for their shelter
Recently Homeless ANSW✅✅People who have been living without a home for less than one year
Chronically Homeless ANSW✅✅Person who has been living without a home for more than a year
or someone who had at least 4 instances of being homeless within the last 3 years
The Underclass ANSW✅✅Lowest of all social classes, they are usually chronically unemployed, on
social assistance and homeless
Three types of capital ANSW✅✅Economic: what you own and what you have on your own
, Social: based on networking, social bonds, and friendship
Cultural: education, social skills, knowledge, and social status
Defining Poverty ANSW✅✅census bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by
family size and composition to determine who is in poverty, this does not change based on
geographic location
Defining relative poverty ANSW✅✅1. Based on poverty line percentage if you are below the line
you are poor for that year
2. Considered to be poor if you cannot sustain the standard living set by community standards
Poverty Rate in the US ANSW✅✅12.3%
Spatial Distribution of Poverty in US ANSW✅✅1. Highest among African Americans, then
Hispanics, then Whites, then Asians
2. Highest concentration along Mississippi River, Old Mining communities, Southwest Texas, native
american reservations
Forced leisure and true leisure ANSW✅✅Forced Leisure: unemployed time off
True Leisure: recreational time off
Recreation Programs for Homeless by Stage ANSW✅✅Stage 1: only need a small price reduction
for leisure activities
Stage 2: just need something to help get them back on their feet
Stage: therapeutic recreation activities will help these people get back on their feet and recover
their confidence, health and mental state
ANSWERS
Benefits of leisure for the unemployed ANSW✅✅Distraction from their regular life, helps them
build social capital, provides family time and helps to develop skills that may help them find a job
Homelessness Rates in the US ANSW✅✅0.2%
Reasons for Homelessness ANSW✅✅Divorse settlements, parents kick you out, addiction
problem, lost jobs
Characteristics of Homeless ANSW✅✅Largest group is single men, followed by families with
children and Latinos are least homeless group
Stages of Homelessness ANSW✅✅Stage 1: Marginally Homeless
Stage 2: Recently Homeless
Stage 3: Chronically Homeless
Marginally Homeless ANSW✅✅People who have a home but largely rely on someone else to
accommodate for their shelter
Recently Homeless ANSW✅✅People who have been living without a home for less than one year
Chronically Homeless ANSW✅✅Person who has been living without a home for more than a year
or someone who had at least 4 instances of being homeless within the last 3 years
The Underclass ANSW✅✅Lowest of all social classes, they are usually chronically unemployed, on
social assistance and homeless
Three types of capital ANSW✅✅Economic: what you own and what you have on your own
, Social: based on networking, social bonds, and friendship
Cultural: education, social skills, knowledge, and social status
Defining Poverty ANSW✅✅census bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by
family size and composition to determine who is in poverty, this does not change based on
geographic location
Defining relative poverty ANSW✅✅1. Based on poverty line percentage if you are below the line
you are poor for that year
2. Considered to be poor if you cannot sustain the standard living set by community standards
Poverty Rate in the US ANSW✅✅12.3%
Spatial Distribution of Poverty in US ANSW✅✅1. Highest among African Americans, then
Hispanics, then Whites, then Asians
2. Highest concentration along Mississippi River, Old Mining communities, Southwest Texas, native
american reservations
Forced leisure and true leisure ANSW✅✅Forced Leisure: unemployed time off
True Leisure: recreational time off
Recreation Programs for Homeless by Stage ANSW✅✅Stage 1: only need a small price reduction
for leisure activities
Stage 2: just need something to help get them back on their feet
Stage: therapeutic recreation activities will help these people get back on their feet and recover
their confidence, health and mental state
