Poverty

Question 1

absolute poverty

Answer 1

when people’s income is lmao low they cannot obtain minimum needed to survive

Question 2

relative poverty

Answer 2

income well below average so they are poor compared with others in society
Cannot afford to have general standard of living that most in society enjoy

Question 3

How else can poverty be defined?

Answer 3

in terms of exclusion from everyday activities and customs

Question 4

measuring poverty

Answer 4

low incomes
lack of items necessary
subject measures (people judge themselves to be living in poverty)

Question 5

groups at risk

Answer 5

• single parent
• households without paid workers
• people left school aged under 16

Question 6

poverty and ethnicity

Answer 6

Pakistani/Bangladeshi

• racism/discrimination in labour market
• Less likely to take up Welfare state assistance to which their entitled
• experience unemployment so low income households

Question 7

gender

Answer 7

women greater risk
low paid jobs/part time.
Women live longer so female pensioners
•women less likely to head single parent families often on low incomes

Question 8

Age

Answer 8

children/pensioners

living in low income such as state pension and not claiming entitled benefits

Question 9

life cycle of poverty

Answer 9

movement in and out of poverty at different stages of life