Concept information
Preferred term
Poverty
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Extreme Poverty
- Federal Poverty Threshold
- Indigency
- Indigent
- Indigents
- Low-Income Population
- Low-Income Populations
- Population, Low-Income
- Poverty, Extreme
- Poverty Threshold, Federal
Note
- for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; specify geographic location if pertinent
Scope note
- A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.
History note
- 68
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011203
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