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  2. Poverty threshold - Wikipedia

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    The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline [1] is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. [2] The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for the average adult. [ 3 ]

  3. Poverty - Wikipedia

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    Still others suggest that poverty line misleads because many live on far less than that line. [23] [30] [31] Other measures of absolute poverty without using a certain dollar amount include the standard defined as receiving less than 80% of minimum caloric intake whilst spending more than 80% of income on food, sometimes called ultra-poverty. [32]

  4. Extreme poverty - Wikipedia

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    The international poverty line is designed to stay constant over time, to allow comparisons between different years. It is therefore a measure of absolute poverty and is not measuring relative poverty. It is also not designed to capture how people view their own financial situation (known as the socially subjective poverty line). [23]

  5. Are You Below or Above the Poverty Line in Your State? - AOL

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    Poverty in America remains one of the most intense — and entrenched — social issues. Learn the actual poverty line for families of various sizes in your state.

  6. What Income Is Considered Poverty Level in 2024? - AOL

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    The Poverty Threshold in 2024. According to the most recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty threshold for a family of four is $29,960. For an individual, the poverty threshold is ...

  7. List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty

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    Poverty may therefore also be defined as the economic condition of lacking predictable and stable means of meeting basic life needs. As a result of the adoption of the 2017 PPPs, the global poverty lines have been revised in 2022: The international poverty line, used to define extreme global poverty, was revised to US$2.15 from US$1.90. Poverty ...

  8. Poverty in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mink, Gwendolyn, and Alice O'Connor, eds. Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy (ABC-CLIO 2004). Patterson, James T. (2000) America's Struggle against Poverty in the Twentieth Century (Harvard UP, 2000) online. Prasad, Monica (2012). The Land of Too Much: American Abundance and the Paradox of Poverty.

  9. Are You Below or Above the Poverty Line in Your State? - AOL

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    Roughly 1 in 7 Americans live below the federal poverty line.