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

Preferred term

Poverty Areas  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ghetto
  • Ghettos
  • Slum
  • Slums

Scope note

  • City, urban, rural, or suburban areas which are characterized by severe economic deprivation and by accompanying physical and social decay.

History note

  • 91(80); was see under POVERTY 1980-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011204

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