Poverty is basically the condition of having insufficient resources or income. It is the state of being where one is deprived of necessities in life such as housing‚ food‚ sufficient income‚ employment and access to required social services and status. There are many forms of poverty which exists in this world such as absolute poverty‚ relative poverty‚ human poverty and lastly income poverty. Absolute poverty is defined as living to an absolute minimum standard which is called the ’poverty line’
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view that poverty is the main cause of social-class differences in achievement. Social class differences in pupils’ home background play a key role in causing differences in educational achievement. The material factor with the most impact on differences in achievement is poverty and this is the lack of the physical necessities in life‚ such as adequate housing‚ diet and income. It causes children to achieve badly academically and it most affects the working class. Poverty can cause working class
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Causes of Poverty Since the 1970s‚ poverty dropped significantly in East Asia‚ while in Africa‚ Latin America‚ and South Asia‚ the level of poverty has decreased less‚ or even risen in some countries. In 1991 almost 36 million Americans were living below the poverty line‚ the official level of income which is needed to achieve a basic living standard with enough money for things such as food‚ clothing and a place to live. In Cambodia‚ the poverty rate was 25% in 2012. Based on this fact
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Causes of crime • Race‚ ethnicity‚ and immigration- There is a relationship between race and crime. Ethnically/racially diverse areas probably have higher crime rates compared to ethnically/racially homogeneous areas. Most studies on immigrants have found higher rates of crime. However‚ this varies greatly depending on the country of origin with immigrants from some regions having lower crime rates than the indigenous population. • Early life Pregnancy- Maternal smoking during pregnancy is
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Ruble Ling 100 Causes of Poverty Poverty usually means one lacks the necessary for basic lives such as clean and fresh water‚ nutrition‚ health care‚ education‚ clothing and shelter. Nowadays‚ it is not only a challenge for poor countries. American‚ the world ’s richest country‚ also has poverty problems. It is a huge issue for the whole world. To solve this problem‚ people should figure out the reasons behind poverty first. Poverty is very complex social problem. Causes of poverty can be multifarious
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According to the Federal Bureau of Investigating (FBI)‚ identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the united states. In 2012‚ statistics show a person in the United States falls victim to identity theft every 8.7 seconds. Identity Theft is the illegal use of someone else’s personal identifying information (such as a Social Security number) in order to get money or credit (merrium-webster.com). Identity theft has drastically increased due to the technological advances of the internet and
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Three main causes of poverty Poverty‚ the stage of being indigent or extremely poor is the common phenomena of the world. Today about one-fifth of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty. For example‚ Indonesia‚ Filipina‚ Africa and Afghanistan. They don’t have adequate food‚ water‚ sanitation‚ education or healthcare‚ poverty may leads to dead and extinct. The causes of world poverty are widespread diseases‚ geographical location and unethical company. Firstly‚ widespread diseases is
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The Cause of Poverty In today’s world poverty is a huge issue that most people experience during their lives. Imagine searching through heaping piles of refuse at landfills‚ looking for anything that could seem partly edible‚ to satisfy an unending hunger. Many people around the world are facing this situation every day of their lives. What could have caused a situation like this to occur? Poverty in general means the condition where people’s basic needs for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter are not
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CAUSES OF POVERTY: Findings from Recent Research By Amy Rynell The Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty October 2008 Acknowledgements Funder This report was supported by a grant from the Chicago Community Trust. Editorial Support Jim Lewis‚ Chicago Community Trust Amy Terpstra‚ The Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty Research Team The Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty provides dynamic research and analysis on today’s most pressing
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Causes of Poverty: The basic causes of poverty in India are as follows: (1) Colonial Exploitation: During the British administration‚ the industrial sector of the economy was completely destroyed. The people were bound to depend on agriculture. The man-land ratio declined giving rise to widespread underemployment and disguised unemployment. Further the Britishers compelled the poor farmers to sell their product at a lower price and sold the British industrial product at a higher price in Indian
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