Defining Poverty
1. The problem with measuring poverty through the standard of living is measured by the way a person lives compared to the community around them. The problem with standard of living is that people have different perspectives of what poverty is. Some might see someone as middle class but others might think of that as poverty. Relative poverty is when people don’t have a certain amount of money to meet there necessities in life. This may appear a better way to measure but the problem is that people make assumptions on what people need and don’t need. Absolute poverty is where people are not meeting basic human needs like food, water, shelter. HDI uses stats to measure life expectancy based on standard of living, health, and education.
2. I think the best way to measure poverty is by using absolute poverty. This is because it is easier to find who really needs the help. The other options are influenced by there surroundings.
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