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For these poor workers, the problem is typically one of employment quality. Reducing poverty in line with the SDGs therefore necessitates boosting the employment opportunities and incomes of the working poor – those people who are employed, but who are nevertheless unable to lift themselves and their families above the poverty threshold." [14]
Poor housing conditions can also be characterized by race and geography. Of the 6 million Americans who experience poor housing conditions, blacks and Hispanics fare much worse than whites. [by whom?] Moreover, poor housing conditions are disproportionately found in inner cities and rural areas as opposed to the suburbs. Inner city minorities ...
Between 1987 and 2005, the number of people without health insurance in the United States rose from just over 30 million, to 46.6 million. [36] Insurance tends to increase the price of services, [ 9 ] and at that time, 8.5% of people belonging to households that made over $75,000 annually were uninsured.
[5] [6] Finally, more than three million men and women are homeless in India's capital city of New Delhi; the same population in Canada would make up approximately 30 electoral districts. [7] A family of four members has an average of five homeless generations in India. [2] There is a shortage of 18.78 million houses in the country.
In 2020, there were 37.9 million people in poverty. [1] Some of the many causes include income, inequality, [needs update] [2] inflation, unemployment, debt traps and poor education. [needs update] [3] The majority of adults living in poverty are employed and have at least a high school education. [4]
The scope of “involuntary resettlement,” as the bank calls it, is vast. From 2004 to 2013, the bank’s projects physically or economically displaced an estimated 3.4 million people, forcing them from their homes, taking their land or damaging their livelihoods, ICIJ’s analysis of World Bank records reveals.
The National Health Interview Survey indicated that in 1998, 16% of rural adults reported poor health. [67] Poor rural residents have only 21% Medicaid coverage, while poor urban populations report 30% coverage. [67] Demographic and socioeconomic factors vary between rural and urban areas, which contributes to some health disparities. [67]
Statistically, as of 2019, most of the world's population live in poverty: in PPP dollars, 85% of people live on less than $30 per day, two-thirds live on less than $10 per day, and 10% live on less than $1.90 per day. [3] According to the World Bank Group in 2020, more than 40% of the poor live in conflict-affected countries. [4]