The "underclass" refers to persons exhibiting Select one: a. extreme poverty. b. illegal poverty. c. persistent poverty. d. homogeneous characteristics.

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Imani Owens

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25 September, 10:44

The "underclass" refers to persons exhibiting Select one: a. extreme poverty. b. illegal poverty. c. persistent poverty. d. homogeneous characteristics.

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Caitlin · Answer 1

c. persistent poverty.

Explanation:

Persistent poverty -

It refers to the group of people, whose income is below 60% of the national median value of the income for at least 2 out of 3 continuous years, is referred to as persistent poverty.

The people lies in this group are classified as the underclass.

Due to very low standard of living, these people are at the risk of poverty line.

Hence, from the given information of the question,

The correct option is c. persistent poverty.