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  2. Social deprivation - Wikipedia

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    Social deprivation is the reduction or prevention of culturally normal interaction between an individual and the rest of society. This social deprivation is included in a broad network of correlated factors that contribute to social exclusion; these factors include mental illness, poverty, poor education, and low socioeconomic status, norms and values.

  3. Poverty - Wikipedia

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    World Bank: Poverty is pronounced deprivation in well-being, and comprises many dimensions. It includes low incomes and the inability to acquire the basic goods and services necessary for survival with dignity. Poverty also encompasses low levels of health and education, poor access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security ...

  4. Measuring poverty - Wikipedia

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    The MPI considers various factors contributing to poverty and deprivation, offering a more complex understanding of poverty than traditional income-based measurements. The Mexican government uses it to track progress in eradicating poverty over time and target social services and policies to those most in need.

  5. Deprivation index - Wikipedia

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    The Indices of Deprivation 2007 (ID 2007) is a deprivation index at the small area level was released on 12 June 2007. It follows the ID2004 and because much of the datasets are the same or similar between indices, it allows for a comparison of 'relative deprivation' of an area between the two indices.

  6. Relative deprivation - Wikipedia

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    Relative deprivation is the lack of resources to sustain the diet, lifestyle, activities and amenities that an individual or group are accustomed to or that are widely encouraged or approved in the society to which they belong. [1]

  7. Cycle of poverty - Wikipedia

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    In the developing world, many factors can contribute to a poverty trap, including: limited access to credit and capital markets, extreme environmental degradation (which depletes agricultural production potential), corrupt governance, capital flight, poor education systems, disease ecology, lack of public health care, war and poor infrastructure.

  8. Social determinants of health in poverty - Wikipedia

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    Recognition of race as a determining factor for poor health without recognizing poverty has misled individuals to believe race is the only factor. [18] A 2001 study showed that even with health care insurance, many African Americans and Hispanics lacked a health care provider; the numbers doubled for those without insurance (uninsured: White 12 ...

  9. Extreme poverty - Wikipedia

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    Extreme poverty [a] is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services". [1]