How is poverty interpreted by the social scientists? Explain.

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Following indicators are used by social scientists to interpret the poverty: (i) Illiteracy level It is a situation where parents are unable to send their children to school. (ii) Lack of access to healthcare It is a situation in which . sick people cannot afford treatment. (iii) Lack of access to drinking...
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Following indicators are used by social scientists to interpret the poverty: (i) Illiteracy level It is a situation where parents are unable to send their children to school. (ii) Lack of access to healthcare It is a situation in which . sick people cannot afford treatment. (iii) Lack of access to drinking water It means lack of safe and clean drinking water facilities. (iv) Lack of job opportunity It means no availability of regular job opportunity. (v) Lack of general resistance It means lack of general resistance due to malnutrition. (iv) Lack of sanitation It means cleaning of our surroundings. read less
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Following indicators are used by social scientists to interpret the poverty: (i) Illiteracy level It is a situation where parents are unable to send their children to school. (ii) Lack of access to healthcare It is a situation in which . sick people cannot afford treatment. (iii) Lack of access to drinking...
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Following indicators are used by social scientists to interpret the poverty: (i) Illiteracy level It is a situation where parents are unable to send their children to school. (ii) Lack of access to healthcare It is a situation in which . sick people cannot afford treatment. (iii) Lack of access to drinking water It means lack of safe and clean drinking water facilities. (iv) Lack of job opportunity It means no availability of regular job opportunity. (v) Lack of general resistance It means lack of general resistance due to malnutrition. (iv) Lack of sanitation It means cleaning of our surroundings. read less
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There are 3 or 4 concepts of poverty..A) Absolute poverty & relative poverty..A means those who are absolutely poor .downtrodden by lack of jobs like farming is Dying breed of people ..no incomes no education & lives in I'll health ..do not get 2100.calories of food or sabjer or milk or .this...
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There are 3 or 4 concepts of poverty..A) Absolute poverty & relative poverty..A means those who are absolutely poor .downtrodden by lack of jobs like farming is Dying breed of people ..no incomes no education & lives in I'll health ..do not get 2100.calories of food or sabjer or milk or .this is basic poverty people living below the critical poverty line & B means people who do have necessities like food some lower or wages but lack other things like water ..live in squalor ..compared to urban poor..there are more than one half 70 to 80 Crores living in present India..Dr K S Velmurugan Pondicherry read less
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