The level of poverty where individuals and families cannot sustain food, shelter, warmth, and safety needs. Group of answer choices absolute poverty extreme poverty severe poverty total poverty
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- Absolute poverty: A condition where individuals or families lack the minimum amount of income needed to acquire the most basic necessities such as food, shelter, and clothing. - Extreme poverty: A level of poverty where people struggle to meet the most basic Show more…
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Match the scenario/description provided to the type of poverty or human development issue to which it best applies. Absolute poverty - A. - B. - C. - D. - E. Human development issue - A. - B. - C. - D. - E. Subjective poverty - A. - B. - C. - D. - E. Relative poverty A. Mary won 1K in a scratch-off. She has a bunch of credit card debt. She knows she should use the 1000 for that, but she never gets to have special things, so she bought herself a Louis Vuitton and said to heck with bills. B. Mary set up a tent-like shack beside the river for her and her family to live because they didn't have any housing. It was swept away unexpectedly with her and her family inside when the river dam was opened by the authorities in the area. C. Mary is one of the one billion people around the world who is malnourished and unable to work as a result. She, like so many others, is stuck in a cycle of mental and physical illness because of it. D. Mary is a member of the proletariat, and her parents were also members of the proletariat, even though upward social mobility is supposedly possible where she lives. E. Mary got a housing voucher so she can get out of that mold-infested apartment she's been living in with her boyfriend and their new baby.
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Match the scenario/description provided to the type of poverty or human development issue to which it best applies. A. Absolute poverty B. Human development issue C. Subjective poverty D. Relative poverty A. Mary got a housing voucher so she can get out of that mold-infested apartment she's been living in with her boyfriend and their new baby. B. Mary set up a tent-like shack beside the river for her and her family to live because they didn't have any housing. It was swept away unexpectedly with her and her family inside when the river dam was opened by the authorities in the area. C. Mary won 1K in a scratch-off. She has a bunch of credit card debt. She knows she should use the 1000 for that, but she never gets to have special things so she bought herself a Louis Vuitton and said to heck with bills. D. Mary is a member of the proletariat, and her parents were also members of the proletariat, even though upward social mobility is supposedly possible where she lives. E. Mary is one of the one billion people around the world who is malnourished and unable to work as a result. She, like so many others, is stuck in a cycle of mental and physical illness because of it.
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