3 Look at these eight explanations or definitions of poverty. Discuss with another student the distinguishing features of the different explanations (spoken or written) and try to identify the type of source for each. Give reasons for your decisions. What is Poverty? a The situation or experience of being poor. b is the inability to attain a minimal standard of living. It can be expressed either in absolute terms (total numbers living below a certain per capita income level) or relative terms (compared with the average standard of living of the country as a whole). First we will consider absolute poverty, c When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.

3 Look at these eight explanations or definitions of poverty. Discuss with another student the distinguishing features of the different explanations (spoken or written) and try to identify the type of source for each. Give reasons for your decisions. What is Poverty? a The situation or experience of being poor. b is the inability to attain a minimal standard of living. It can be expressed either in absolute terms (total numbers living below a certain per capita income level) or relative terms (compared with the average standard of living of the country as a whole). First we will consider absolute poverty, c When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window. d The situation facing those in society whose material needs are least satisfied. Poverty can be defined by some absolute measure ... or in relative terms ... In either case it is necessarily an arbitrarily defined concept. e It means not having enough to live on in terms of food and shelter and the other basic necessities of life. The poor old man is badly off; he's always hard up and needs everything he can get & The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty, h The Social Surveys of London, Liverpool and other towns round about 1929 showed that there remained perhaps ten per cent of the urban population below the 'poverty line', even outside the depressed areas.