Economics 0455 · IGCSE · Poverty

Poverty — practice question

How are absolute poverty and relative poverty described?

  • Aabsolute poverty: when there are low birth rates, high death rates, and high levels of migration; relative poverty: when there are high birth rates, low death rates, and low levels of migration
  • Babsolute poverty: when a person does not have enough money for food, shelter, and clothes; relative poverty: when a person earns less than others in the same society
  • Cabsolute poverty: when everyone has an income below US$1.90 a day; relative poverty: when half the population has an income of US$1.90 a day
  • Dabsolute poverty: when necessities cannot be afforded; relative poverty: when luxuries cannot be afforded

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