Concept information
Preferred term
cost-of-living-based measures of poverty
Definition
- COST-OF-LIVING MEASURES exist for two fundamental reasons. First, they are a means of comparing the relative purchasing power of income across geographical regions. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Cost-of-Living-Based Measures of Poverty]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cost-of-living-based_measures_of_poverty
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