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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Severe deprivation of basic necessities such as food, clean water and shelter.
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Paper 2
Revise: Responsibilities of WealthPoverty can mean going without food, clean water or shelter: this is absolute poverty. Relative poverty concerns people’s living standards compared with those of their society. Someone may have food and shelter but still lack the resources needed to participate adequately in everyday life.
Severe deprivation of basic human needs, such as food, safe water, shelter and healthcare.
For relative poverty, identify the comparison with the society in which someone lives; for absolute poverty, identify unmet basic needs.
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Paper 1
Severe deprivation in which a person lacks basic necessities such as sufficient food, clean water or shelter.
Revise: Wealth and Poverty in ChristianityAbsolute poverty means lacking basic necessities, such as sufficient food, clean water or shelter. Relative poverty is judged against the usual living standards of the society where someone lives. A person might have enough food to survive but still lack the resources needed to participate in ordinary life in their community.
An acute state of deprivation in which a person cannot access their most basic human needs.