Family Poverty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23607386 |
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| Authors | Mark Robert Rank (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosf017.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4246963574 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Family poverty generally refers to households lacking a minimum amount of income. However, specific definitions and measurements of poverty vary widely across countries. In the US, family poverty is officially measured in terms of whether various sized households fall below specific annual income levels. In Europe, poverty is frequently defined as residing in a household that falls below one half of the national median income. In developing countries the standard is often that of living in a family earning less than a dollar a day. The underlying concept behind all of these approaches is that there is a basic minimum amount of income necessary in order for families to carry on their day‐to‐day activities adequately. Families that fail to acquire such income are considered poor.
Basic needs · Carry (investment) · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family income · Liberian dollar · Order (exchange) · Poor people · Poverty · Poverty level · Socioeconomics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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