SOCIAL CLASS + POVERTY

Question 1

what does the child poverty action group argue?

Answer 1

3.5 million children are in poverty in the il which is 1 in 4 children

Question 2

What is absolute poverty?

Answer 2

lack of basic essential needs to survive

Question 3

examples of absolute poverty

Answer 3

adequate food, clothing, housing and fuel

Question 4

what do some critics argue about absolute poverty?

Answer 4

• it only looks at a person’s needs and not what is needed to participate fully in society.
• for example, going on holiday and buying family and friends gifts seen as socially necessary by most people though none of these are necessary to physically survive

Question 5

explain relative poverty.

Answer 5

judging whether a person’s income is far below the expected by a majority of people in society

Question 6

what kind of statistics which the government release that can calculate household income?

Answer 6

households below average income

Question 7

What is defined as low income according to HBAI?

Answer 7

below 60% of medium

Question 8

what has hbai been criticised for doing?

Answer 8

being an arbitrary cut-off point = some people just below 60% still manage and shouldn’t be defined as poor

Question 9

what were the figures from Trussel’s trust

Answer 9

in 2014, 4.7 million people were in food poverty

Question 10

What’s another way to measure relative poverty?

Answer 10

asking a series of representative focus groups which of the list of items is necessary
- households that lacked 3 or more necessities were counted as poor and those that went without 5 items were defined as severe poverty

Question 11

examples of necessities

Answer 11

damp-free home, fresh vegetables and fruits, hobby or leisure activity for children