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An 11 page paper presenting and discussing an experiment in which a family of five limited its total food budget to that specified by the 2004 U.S. poverty-level food budget. Most of the paper discusses the family’s experience during the week and its normal approach to its food budget. The family lives in a rural area and so has garden-produced vegetables and fresh eggs from its chickens, advantages not available to inner-city families striving to achieve adequate diets at current poverty standards. A table contains the family’s menu and total food costs for the week. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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11 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSsocPovStd.rtf
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Budgets on all fronts - government, corporate and personal - increasingly tighten in todays economic climate. The poverty line can be a difficult one on which to live, and
the adequacy of food allowances presents myriad problems. It is Rawls (1999) position that society is just only according to its treatment of its least-advantaged member. In living
on the U.S. poverty line food budget, advantage likely lies in location and education, rather than in terms of financial resources. Participant Lifestyle
When writing her own paper, the student should include a section briefly describing the participants. Ill describe my own situation here, but be forwarned it may not be typical.
Then again, it may be more common than I realize... One of the participants in the study lives in the foothills of
the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, where the total cost of living is lower than national average but where some individual items - including food - exceed the national average.
The cost of electricity is the lowest in the country because it originates with the 13-dam system of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and gasoline prices generally are somewhat
lower than in other parts of the country. There is not a great deal of industry in the area; housing is relatively inexpensive. The Tennessee participant pays $1,000
monthly for a 3,800 square foot house on 100 acres. Chickens eggs, venison and a summer garden augment those items purchased at grocery stores.
A single mother of two teen girls, this particular household always includes others who are not members of the immediate family. Currently, there are five people in
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