A major cause of the feminization of poverty is that

A) women do not have marketable work skills.
B) most federal welfare programs are geared toward men.
C) passage of the Equal Rights Amendment removed many welfare programs created specifically for women.
D) many women are forced to leave the full-time work force to become heads of household.
E) on average, women have less education than men.

D

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a. It was developed by psychologists. b. It was developed recently to study areas of interest in social sciences. c. It can only be used by biologists. d. It was borrowed over a hundred years ago.

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