Poverty

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  • Created on: 03-12-15 11:05
Who are the poor?
-the low paid. -the elderly. -the unemployed. -single parent families. -disabled and long term sick.
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What are the 2 main forms of poverty?
Relative and Absolute.
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What is relative poverty?
What people in a society consider to be a desirable standard of life. Cannot afford the same as those around them.
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What is absolute poverty?
A state of poverty in which income is insufficient for maintaining a minimum standard of living.
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What is subjective poverty?
Whether or not groups/individuals feel that they are poor.
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What are the 2 main forms of poverty?

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Relative and Absolute.

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What is relative poverty?

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What is absolute poverty?

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What is subjective poverty?

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