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GCSE Sociology · key term
A lack of resources needed to meet basic necessities or achieve an acceptable standard of living in a particular society.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
A lack of resources, understood in absolute or relative terms, which may contribute to acquisitive crimes such as theft or shoplifting but does not inevitably produce offending.
Revise: Crime and deviance key termsPoverty may restrict life chances and contribute to crimes such as theft or shoplifting, but it is not proof that a person will become criminal.
For absolute poverty, refer to basic necessities; for relative poverty, refer to the standard of living in the society concerned.
Distinguish a definition of poverty from a method of measuring it. Townsend’s relative deprivation measure considers participation and living conditions, not just income.
Distinguish a group's poverty rate from its share of all people in poverty. A large group can contain many people in poverty despite having a relatively low poverty rate.
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Component 2
Having insufficient resources to meet needs and participate in the living standards normally expected in a society.
Revise: Groups Prone to PovertyPoverty means having insufficient resources to meet needs and participate in the living standards normally expected in society. In the UK, the risk is not evenly distributed: employment, social class, family circumstances, ethnicity, gender, disability and age can all affect people's access to income and their living costs.
