Concept information
Preferred term
poverty
Definition
- Poverty is a universal problem known to human beings since time immemorial. The concept of poverty has been defined in different ways ranging from the social structural to a social psychological level. [Source: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence; Poverty]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- causes of poverty
- child poverty
- culture of poverty
- economics of poverty
- effects of poverty
- food poverty
- fuel poverty
- history of poverty
- international crime and punishment
- key people in the study of poverty
- measurements and definitions of poverty
- organizations (antipoverty)
- politics and poverty
- poverty areas
- poverty relief initiatives
- religious and secular charities
- women and poverty
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/poverty
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