HRIOP87 Assignment 3 2025 (641019) - DUE 27 JUNE 2025

HRIOP87 Assignment 3 2025 (641019) - DUE 27 JUNE 2025 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS QUESTION 1 Read the following scenario and answer the questions that follow. Poor American families often live in substandard or dangerous conditions. They often stay with relatives or may be homeless. Poor people often cannot afford high quality, nutritious food; they sometimes miss meals or have to go without eating for an extended period. Although it is often assumed that people are poor because they are lazy, poor people often, work longer and harder than others. More than 80 per cent of impoverished American children have at least one parent who works; 60 per cent have at least one parent who works full-time. Poor people typically go to bed three hours before their first job starts. They often have multiple jobs. It is estimated that about half of all homeless women in America fled from domestic violence. Poor people typically fall further behind in life. Even when their state of poverty resulted from poor decision-making, someone else's choices may have caused the situation they find themselves in. A child who experiences poverty, are 3-4 times less likely to complete high school than someone who did not. If someone spends their whole childhood in poverty, they are five times less likely to graduate than someone who did not spend their childhood in poverty. Children’s future earnings typically are closely related to those of their parents. Economic mobility or