my friend want to know
2006-11-29 08:32:54 · 6 answers · asked by devon w ♪♫ is in luff 2 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Poverty is usually defined as not being able to get/provide the basic necessities for life: food, adequate shelter, and proper medical care.
Wikipedia has a pretty good discussion of what Poverty is...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_level
2006-11-29 08:56:07 · answer #1 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When people cannot meet the basic necessities of life. Anyone who is receiving welfare is poor (unless they're committing fraud). They are receiving assistance because they don't have enough money on their own to afford housing or medical care or food. The poor I have known thru my work go to food pantrys & many eat at soup kitchens. They can't afford toothbrushes, toothpaste & many other items we take for granted. That's what poverty is.
2006-11-29 16:58:10 · answer #2 · answered by Judith 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official definition of poverty is if you earn less than three times the amount it costs to pay for a nutritionally adequate diet.
2006-11-29 19:57:47 · answer #3 · answered by Vikramesh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, u and your friend might be just one of those rich people, sice u dont know what poverty is.
well, is a short sentance is when a person doesnt have money, and struggles to live from the very little they have.
2006-11-29 16:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by Cristina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poverty is thinking you don't have enough
2006-11-29 16:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by slippped 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its being really freakin poor
2006-11-29 16:38:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋