Dating, Marriage, and Family Quiz 4 (poverty)

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Absolute Poverty

Defined number that, if under, and individual or family is considered poor

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FPL

The poverty guidelines that determine eligibility for programs and benefits

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Deep Poverty

Only making ½ the amount of the poverty line

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SPM

Rate used by NCAP and is an absolute measure

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Relative Poverty

Comparison based (median income of a givin location)

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Functions of Poverty (Gans)

  1. Dirty Work

  2. Subsidize the more affluent

  3. Extend the life of goods

  4. Jobs to serve the poor

  5. Scape goat

  6. Volunteer army

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Cultural explinations of poverty

The culture of poverty (oscar lewis)

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Welfare explination of poverty

The idea that the poor are not culturally different, but that they do respond to economic incintives

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Economic Explination of poverty

Poverty is an economic process tied to globalization, deindustrialization, labor market discrimination, and low wages & job insicurity

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Ideological explination of poverty

Belief in meritocracy but location matters