Barbara Ehrenreich Studied the Working Poor, People with Service Jobs

Multiple Choice

Barbara Ehrenreich studied the working poor, people with service jobs that paid mostly minimum wage or slightly more. Based on your study of poverty, what do you think she recommended that such workers do to move out of poverty?

A) that they save at least 10 percent of their paychecks every month
B) that they avoid having children
C) that they go back to school
D) nothing, because there are few ways for them to move out of poverty
E) that they develop a personal relationship with someone in a higher socioeconomic class