Unit 6: Relationship of Poverty and Health Flashcards
Governments and advertisers are guilty of ‘_____’ poverty in many industrialized nations
hiding
What is poverty?
the state of being extremely poor.
Minimum wages in industrialized countries often do not meet what?
the official poverty line
With the Low income cut-off-LICO (Canada’s official poverty line), what has been increasing faster than wages? What does this mean for women in poverty?
- the needed income has been increasing faster than wages
- women are getting poorer overall
In ____, BC had the highest level of individuals living below the after-tax low income cut-off(LICO)
2011
In 2011, what percentage of BC residents remained the highest for 7 consecutive years
11% of BC residents
What do most poor people in BC do?
work!
What is the living wage? What is the living wage in van and vic?
it is the income/wage needed to meet ‘bare-bones’ expenses (rent, food)-no money for
‘extras’
16.74 Vancouver
16.39 Victoria
What is the ‘depth of poverty’?
calculation of income gap (difference between actual wage and low-income cut off-this gap is the depth or level of poverty)
-As of 2005 and presently in 2011, what it the rate of women in Canada are living in poverty?
1 in 7, 2.4 million
What are women living in poverty are comprised of?
- Women headed families (51.6% of these women are poor in 2005)
- Senior women (41.5% of single, widowed, divorced women are poor in 2005)
- Single women under 65 (35% of these women live in poverty in 2005)
- women living with disabilities, aboriginal women, women of color, immigrant women, and migrant women.
When mothers are poor, so are their children: more than _____ children live in poverty in Canada.
and poverty is strongly linked to poor _______________.
one million, scholastic achievement.
What is a key determinant of health?
Income level
What women and children living in poverty are
more susceptible to?
poor physical and mental health
Women living in poverty are more likely to experience what?
violence and abuse
Poverty is a barrier to ______ for women.
good health
women are often blamed for their poverty and resulting health issues because poorer women are less ________ and ___________.
powerful and treated less worthy.
women in poverty are more likely to birth babies or die, have longer hospitalization after birth, or be diagnosed with ______________.
long term disabilities.
______ women have higher rates of death from a number of specific illnesses
non-white
What goes hand in hand with poverty for which women.
AIDS
more often non-white women
researchers often ignore the unique situation of poor women in their research, not seeing the
connection with between what 3 factors?
poverty, race, and disease (ill health)
____ is only industrialized country lacking some form of comprehensive health care for all citizens.
US
What is Medicaid?
US federally supported health insurance program
What is Medicare?
health transport insurance
