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[DOC File]LO2 – Disparities between and within countries ...
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a. Household type and the poverty line. Every ethnic group in the United States was affected by some level of poverty in 2000. Only 8% of White Americans and 11% of Asian Americans were living below the acceptable poverty level in 2000.
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Therefore, the poverty estimates like calculation of the food/ overall poverty line, poverty headcount ratio, poverty gap index and poverty gap index squared (severity of poverty) are drawn from the HIESs. Results from HIESs are supposed to be representative at national level but the provincial level analyses have always been widely criticized.
[DOC File]What is poverty and who are the poor
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A 1992 census report, “Beyond Poverty,” shows that although people below the poverty line in the U.S. do not experience the absolute poverty of the developing countries around the world, and have even caught up to most other Americans in terms of access to safer food storage or television entertainment, their limited ability to purchase ...
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The “true” poverty line, then, is the one reported by villagers – the robust social construction of poverty that begins between Stages 6 and 5. The “natural” poverty line is the line that divides households roughly between those that experience net negative events and those that experience net positive events.
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The main poverty line used in the OECD and the European Union is based on "economic distance", a level of income set at 50% of the median household income. The US poverty line is more arbitrary. It was created in 1963-64 and was based on the dollar costs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "economy food plan" multiplied by a factor of three.
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Pro-rata adjustment in the number of households in different expenditure classes to determine the number of households below and above the poverty line. Since 1993 (after the Lakdawala committee), there is no countrywide poverty line as such. Poverty lines are defined at the state level, separately for urban and rural households.
[DOC File]HS 284 ST: Poverty, Homelessness & Social Justice
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Scarr, S. (1996). Individuality and community: The contrasting role of the state in family life in the United States and Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 37, 93-102. Yeich, S. (1996). Grassroots organizing with homeless people: A participatory research approach. Journal of Social Issues, 52(1), 111-121. Suggested Readings
[DOCX File]2. Poverty and Depression
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There were great inequalities of wealth; the top 5% of the population earned 33% of the income, while 60% of Americans earned less than $2000, and that 40% were below the poverty line (notably farmers/ Black Americans/ immigrants). Only 3% of semi-skilled works owned a car.
[DOC File]Updating the Definitions and Methods of Measuring Poverty
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The poverty gap describes the income deficit for those living in poverty, that is, the amount of money that would be required to lift all poor families to the poverty line. The poverty intensity accounts for the number who are poor, the depth of poverty and the inequality among the poor.
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8) Why does poverty exist in rich countries like the USA? 9) What do you think of the “Make Poverty History” campaign? 10) In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson announced: "For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty."
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