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What is Poverty?
"Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money."(gnb.ca).
Who Are the Poor and why are They Poor?
The poor are not confined to poor countries, they are all over the world even within our own cities, yet the media always bring to attention the poor in 3rd world countries yet they ignore the people within our own borders, this is known as invisible poverty. "In 2012, the poverty rate for families was 11.8 percent, comprising 9.5 million families. Of all family groups, poverty is highest among those headed by single women. In 2012, 30.9 percent of all female-headed families (4.8 million families) were poor, compared to 6.3 percent of married-couple families (3.7 million families)." (irp.wisc.edu).
"Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money."(gnb.ca).
Who Are the Poor and why are They Poor?
The poor are not confined to poor countries, they are all over the world even within our own cities, yet the media always bring to attention the poor in 3rd world countries yet they ignore the people within our own borders, this is known as invisible poverty. "In 2012, the poverty rate for families was 11.8 percent, comprising 9.5 million families. Of all family groups, poverty is highest among those headed by single women. In 2012, 30.9 percent of all female-headed families (4.8 million families) were poor, compared to 6.3 percent of married-couple families (3.7 million families)." (irp.wisc.edu).
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Issues that Face the Working Poor
1. The working poor have less access to health care.
2. The working poor hold the lowest-paying, most unstable jobs.
3. The working poor are more likely to be in single parent homes
4. They do not have a higher education because they cannot afford it.
5. They face many tasks to lift their family out of debt/poverty
6. Usually have health problems that prevent them from working
Measuring Working Poverty
There are 2 different types of poverty of the working class, Absolute and Relative poverty.
1. The working poor have less access to health care.
2. The working poor hold the lowest-paying, most unstable jobs.
3. The working poor are more likely to be in single parent homes
4. They do not have a higher education because they cannot afford it.
5. They face many tasks to lift their family out of debt/poverty
6. Usually have health problems that prevent them from working
Measuring Working Poverty
There are 2 different types of poverty of the working class, Absolute and Relative poverty.
- Absolute poverty is defined as: "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services." (Google.ca)
- Relative poverty is defined contextually as "economic inequality in the location or society in which people live."(Google.ca)
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What Have I Learned from this Unit?
Everybody knows that there is poor people out there but they are in some other country right? This unit shed light on my mind and introduced this new term known as invisible poverty, there are extremely poor people within our own cities and everybody ignores them, to think the fight against poverty is ignored within our own country. Now whenever I hear donate and I have some money on me I will. Giving to people gives this feeling of happiness to know what what I gave will help a family survive and it feels really nice. The Christmas basket food donations was an amazing experience and it felt nice to help out less fortunate families. After this unit I make a good effort in not wasting things and buying unnecessary things I don't need.