SWSS 002 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture: I. History of social worka. Social workb. Social welfareII. Historical roots of social worka. Pre-1600s to present time Outline of Current Lecture I. Poverty guideline and living in povertyII. Statistics of races in povertyIII. Gender as a risk factor for povertyIV. Age as a risk factor for povertyV. Disabilities and poverty VI. Our current economic climate Current LecturePoverty Guideline and Living in Poverty- $11,770 = Poverty guideline (per one person in family/household) - Absolute poverty: something that can be quantified- In 2013, 15% of people in the US were living in povertyo This is over 46 million peopleo Over 7% making less than poverty threshold - Living in povertyo 28% identify as black or african americano 26% identify as hispanic or latinoo 12% identified as asian o 10% identify as white- $7.25 = Federal minimum wage- $9.15 = Vermont’s minimum wage- $15.84 = Liveable wage (cost to meet basic human needs) This is over 20 million people (about 33 times the population of Vermont).•Between 2010 and 2011, 17 states experienced an increase in people living in poverty, and 27 states experienced no change.•Our own Vermont was alone in experiencing a decrease in the number of people living in poverty!•If we break poverty figures down by race, the vast majority of people living in poverty identify as White. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.• 18.6 million identify as White• 13.6 million identify as Hispanic• 10.9 million identify as Black/African American • 1.9 million identify as AsianWhen we look at poverty rates, we get a slightly different view:• Poverty rates put poverty numbers (population numbers in the millions) into percentages. So, if we look at poverty rates, we are looking at the question: - “What percent of this particular group lives in poverty?” (As opposed to, how many people of this group live in poverty) Age as a Poverty Risk Factor: •The younger the person, the more likely she or he is to live in poverty. In the United States, children are almost twice as likely as adults to be poor.• In 2012, 22% of all children under age 18 lived in poverty. 24% of children under age 6 lived in poverty.• Three out of four poor children live in a working family.•The age cohort with the next largest poverty rate was young adults, age 18 to 24. Race and Ethnicity affect poverty rates. In 2009:• 35% of Black/African American children lived in poverty• 33% of Hispanic children lived in poverty• 13% of Asian children lived in poverty• 12% of White children lived in poverty- Poverty rates for elders are 23% for Black elders, compared with 8% for white elders. Gender as a Risk Factor for Poverty•Women continue to be systematically paid less than men. In 2013, women were paid $0.77 for every $1.00 paid to men.(In 1959, women were paid $0.60 for every $1.00 paid to men.•Women are paid less in every occupational classification for which information is available.For women of color, the gap is even worse – African American women are paid $0.69 for every $1.00 paid to White men, and Latina women are paid $0.59.When age is added to the equation:• Among people 65 and older, nearly twice as many women as men live in poverty.And when we also consider race, the percent of women over 65 living in poverty:• 22% of Black/African-American women• 22% of Native American women• 21% of Hispanic women• 15% of Asian women, and • 8% of White women. Disability as a Risk Factor•30% of people with disabilities live in poverty. This is twice the rate of the general population.And one more thing to consider...Indicators of the current economic climate:- The unemployment rate in July of 2014 was 6.2 percent. Compare this to July of 2009 when the unemployment rate was 9.5 percent.o But when we talk about employment rates we have to ask...what kinds of jobs are we talking about? o And who isn’t being