definitions of poverty
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- Definitions of poverty.
- Relative poverty.
- People are poor in relation to the national average.
- Not able to participate in the community's normal or average style of living.
- People are socially excluded; this means people are denied access to essential services and important areas of society
- Measured through a deprivation index as well as in terms of income level.
- Dynamic
- Townsend - " any definition of poverty must be related to the needs and demands of a changing society"
- Takes into account the cultural needs of society.
- Consensual measurement of poverty.
- It is too subjective.
- Poverty will never disappear if it is always measured in relative terms.
- Difficult to make an accurate measurement of relative poverty
- Absolute poverty.
- Lack the basic physical necessities of life.
- measured by income level (wages, benefits, pension)
- Budget standard - Income is not sufficient enough to pay for the basic elements.
- It is a scientific and objective definition/measurement of poverty.
- It is a fixed and universal definition.
- It is an easily understood and easily recognizable definition/ measurement.
- It is difficult to establish what the minimum needs of society should be.
- It assumes that basic needs never change and that everyone has the same basic needs.
- Absolute measurements do not measure the cultural needs of society.
- Subjective poverty.
- When a person believes they are in poverty.
- Measure by questionnaire.
- The feel good factor.
- Relative poverty.
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