Final Flashcards
Define Poverty:
A family does not have enough money to have what they should/require
Poverty
Impacts ____out of ____Canadian Families (United Way, 2019)
1 out of 10
___in ___children live in households that struggle to put food on the table
1 in 6
___% of families in Windsor are living below the poverty line (Wadell, 2020)
9.8%
What are the dimensions of poverty
Access to Health Care
Food Insecurity
Income Inequality
Literacy
Low Income
Minimum Wage or Low Paid Work
Children are the ______ group affected my poverty
Largest
_________ have a higher rate of poverty and the rest of the population in Canada (_____of children live in poverty)
Indigenous people
1/2
Being a _______ increases your risk of poverty
Women
________ Canadians are affected by poverty
Racialized
Effects of poverty
Impact on parent child relationships and ability of child to interact positively with others
how perceptions of poor affect children
The length of time in poverty, affects ability to function within the ecological system
how does the ecological model relate to the impact of poverty on families?
Understanding the systems theory, and that a family is interconnected and interdependent allows and understanding that poverty within caregivers multiply impact the family as a whole
The ecological model helps understand…..
The depth of the impact of poverty and the inter-play of factors on individuals, families, communities, societal values and social policies
Children born to poor parents are more likely to be born_________, which impacts their overall health throughout life
underweight
Poverty
Children Receive less….
social support & have less responsive parents
Limited access to ______ ______impacts nutrition having ____ ____ impacts impacting child development, physical & mental health & the educational achievement
healthy food
life long
Have less access to ______and are _____ to less
books
read
_________behavioural and cognitive difficulties
Increased
Higher rates of_______ &_______ are experienced
anxiety & depression
Increased chance of______ young and experiencing physical _______
marrying
violence
Loss of_________, increased responsibilities at home
childhood
Homelessness
is damaging at any age but for younger children it is especially disruptive because young children require consistency in the years while they are building trust and autonomy
Two important measures (defining poverty)
- Not having enough money to meet survival needs (food, clothing, shelter) - referred to as an absolute significance
- Not having enough money after meeting basic survival needs to participate in a lifestyle that is viewed as average or normal in our society
referred to as a relative significance
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner recommends that a standard feature of most def’ns of poverty is
ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (or lack of income).
This alone does not take into account other factors such as culture, social, & political aspects.
This leads us to include that poverty is not only a deprivation of economic or material resources but a violation of human dignity too.
Income inequality is…
how unevenly income is distributed throughout a population. The less equal the distribution, the higher income inequality is.
Income inequality is often accompanied by wealth inequality, which is the uneven distribution of wealth.
Income fairness
Most would consider it unfair if the rich have a disproportionally larger portion of a country’s income compared to the general population.
Myths of people who live at or under the poverty level
- If you work hard enough, you will succeed in life - hard work pays off - they haven’t tried hard enough & have only themselves to blame.
Don’t they care about their children? If they didn’t waste all their $, maybe their kids wouldn’t come to school hungry?
The poor are passive, unable to delay gratification
- The self-sufficient family - the belief that each family is on it’s own, leaving us with no responsibility to help others.
- Families that seek help are incompetent - connects back to the notion that the poor are lacking motivation or do not have good qualities or values.
- Public assistance condones failure or takes away the will to be self-sufficient - the welfare trap - people on welfare can’t receive cont’d assistance (medical coverage or child care ) if they find work.
What ppl groups are mostly affected by poverty and why
Children:
Indigenous people: indigenous people earn an average of 30% less than other Canadians
Woman: society/intersectionality. Historical & sociological reasons - history of lack of accessible child care + time away fri education + employment due to child -rearing (leaves less time for paid work) + there s a gender inequality of wages for the same work
Minorities and newcomers
____% of Indigenous women are poor; ____%of women who belong to a visible minority are poor;
____% of women with a disability are poor;
____% of single mothers are poor &
____% of senior single women are poor
36 %
28%
33%
21%
16%
Poverty make Children feel….
left out, isolated, may not go to a birthday party b/c they can’t afford a present
Their voices aren’t heard, feel invisible
Feel humiliated & excluded
More often the victim of bullying
Homelessness
Trauma that leads to disruptions of social networks, family roles, routines & emotional stability
Often considered…..
a cause of trauma (life-long) as well as a result of traumatic issues
