18.6 KEY TERMS

Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.

  1. Question

    In-kind benefit
    Poverty line (or poverty threshold)
    Welfare state
    Poverty rate
    Mean household income
    Government transfer
    Private health insurance
    Means-tested
    Social welfare program
    Social insurance program
    Single-payer system
    Median household income
    Gini coefficient
    Negative income tax
    the annual income below which a family is officially considered poor. Also called the poverty threshold.
    a benefit given in the form of goods or services.
    describes a program in which benefits are available only to individuals or families whose incomes fall below a certain level.
    a government program designed to provide payments based on need.
    the income of the household lying at the exact middle of the income distribution.
    program in which each member of a large pool of individuals pays a fixed amount to a private company that agrees to pay most of the medical expenses of the pool’s members.
    the percentage of the population with incomes below the poverty line.
    the average income across all households.
    a health care system in which the government is the principal payer of medical bills funded through taxes.
    the collection of government programs designed to alleviate economic hardship.
    a government payment to an individual or a family.
    a government program designed to provide protection against unpredictable financial distress.
    a number that summarizes a country’s level of income inequality based on how unequally income is distributed across quintiles.
    a government program that supplements the income of low-income working families.
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