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Population Characteristics > Socioeconomic Factors > Poverty
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Socioeconomic Factors > Poverty
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Problems > Poverty

Preferred term

Poverty  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011203

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