OCR GCSE History B · J411
Paper 1
Revise: PovertyRowntree distinguished primary poverty from secondary poverty because the same outward hardship could have different explanations.
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GCSE History · key term
Poverty in which a household’s total income is insufficient to afford basic necessities, even if it spends its money as carefully as possible.
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Paper 1
Revise: PovertyRowntree distinguished primary poverty from secondary poverty because the same outward hardship could have different explanations.
Distinguish primary poverty from secondary poverty by whether the household’s income could cover basic necessities, not simply by whether someone was employed.
Use the figures accurately: about 28% of York’s population lived in poverty; 9.91% of the total population experienced primary poverty.
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