Despite benefits being in place in the Welfare State of the UK for example the poor population is on the increase. ... In 1992 American households living below the poverty line spent 71% of their expenditures on food, clothing, and housing whilst non-poor households spent 46% (Federman et al). ... Bernstein states that in the late 1990s as the economy bloomed, 46% of the non-elderly population in households below 200% of the poverty line experienced food shortages. ... Federman states that in 1992 there were only 36 affordable rental units for every 100 households making 30% of the average w...

• Word Count: 1993
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although the region has had a history of civil unrest (Los Angeles Riots in 1992) and high crime and poverty rates, Koreatown has experienced growth since the 1980s (Chang and Dias-Veizades, 25; Park and Kim, 138). ... With a dense population, the region houses Latino, Asian, Anglo American, and African American populations. Latinos, being the largest ethnic group in the Koreatown, make up about 53 percent of the population, many of which are of Guatemalan descent. Asians consist of about 32 percent of population, most of which are of Korean descent. Anglo American and African American populat...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Effect of AIDS and Birth Rates are falling but Population is not. Aids is a deadly disease which is hurting a large amount of our population but at the same time it is causing many conflicts and social problems within our society. ... Another problem is AIDS, which is both a population and social problem. ... Single mothers represent the bulk of the adult welfare population; such births can be compared to the condition of the poor in Third World countries. Another problem we are facing is a real population explosion among the poor. ...

• Word Count: 2953
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, those twenty blocks between the Upper East Side and the Puerto Rican population of East Harlem represent a social and an economic gap extending from mainstream to marginal. ... Through these themes Bourgois (2002:17) portrays that the people living in El Barrio are known to blame the victim for their misfortune of being the underclass of the United States population and "living in the inferno" due to their inability to compete with the classes above them who are more able of succeeding since they have greater opportunities to do so. ... Population of the so-called "Spanish Harlem" i...

• Word Count: 3236
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. The gentleman was holding a sign that read: "Homeless will work for food. God Bless."" As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dollars. To m...

• Word Count: 4318
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate