How Does the Government Determine the Poverty Line

Multiple Choice

How does the government determine the poverty line?

A) It calculates a strict,no-frills budget based on cost estimates for different family sizes.
B) It multiplies the cost of an average household's rent by three.
C) It calculates the average cost of living in each of four regions of the United States and divides that number by the average cost of rent in those places.
D) Because the cost of living varies across the country,it calculates the cost of living in each region and determines a poverty line for each U.S.region.