Question

Per-capita income in India last year was Rs. 17,600. Real median income for female headed families was Rs.38,000. Therefore, women wage-earners are paid more than the national average. Which of the following would, if true, weaken the above conclusion?

• A. Only a small proportion of the total wage earners are women family heads.
• B. In 99 percent of the cases, families headed by a female included other wage-earners.
• C. Average income is significantly different from median income.
• D. All of these.
• E. None of these.

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of these.

It is given in the paragraph that the per capita income of families head by women is way higher than led by men. We need an answer that weakens it. That, the reason why omen led household have higher per capita income is not because women are paid more. Looking at the first option, if the women lead families only constitute a minority, then the logic that women are pid higher falls flat. This is a possible answer. In the second option, a majority of women households have other wage earners, which would result in household per capita income being higher. This is also a correct narrative. If women were paid more, the average income would rise not median income, Hence option (d) is the answer.