Question

Explain how rapid growth in population spreads poverty? 

Options

• Increase in the population results in more family expenses. 

• Unemployment rate increases pushing families to poverty. 

• Increased number of people in agricultural families results in decreased portion of divided land among the family members causing lower incomes. 

• All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Explanation:

The following examples demonstrate how population expansion contributes to poverty:

1. As the population grows, so does the cost of living for the family.
2. As the unemployment rate rises, families become more vulnerable to poverty.
3. As the number of persons in farming families grows, the amount of land split among family members shrinks, resulting in decreasing wages.
4. Increasing the burden on the breadwinner to meet the larger family's demands causes stress, which can lead to health problems, which can be fatal. The family would be pushed to poverty as a result of this.