- The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or
scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. - Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or
desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of
the blood; poverty of ideas.
Poverty line Poverty line is the amount of income that it takes to maintain a family at a basic level. This amount is often determined by government.
Feminization of poverty Feminization of poverty is a process by which increasing proportions of the poor are women and children.
Culture of poverty Culture of poverty is a social theory proposing that the poor have a different value system that contributes to their poverty. As poor children
Relative Poverty Relative Poverty is a measure of poverty based on an individual or family’s relative income compared to the overall average level of
Poverty Poverty is a state of having inadequate income or other resources to support a household or group of households at a basic standard of living.
Poverty Rate Poverty Rate is the proportion of individuals or households in a jurisdiction which are defined as poor, according to either absolute or
Absolute Poverty Absolute Poverty defined with respect to an absolute material standard of living.Someone is absolutely poor if their income does not
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