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GCSE Sociology · key term
Lacking resources to obtain the diets, activities and living conditions widely available in the society in which a person lives.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
A lack of resources that prevents people from obtaining living conditions and participating in activities widely available in their society.
Revise: Interpretations and Sociological Perspectives on PovertyRelative deprivation, his preferred measure, concerned whether people lacked the resources to obtain the diets, living conditions and activities widely available in their society.
Distinguish a definition of poverty from a method of measuring it. Townsend’s relative deprivation measure considers participation and living conditions, not just income.
Keep population and household percentages separate: relative deprivation identified 22.9% of people, but 25.2% of households.
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Lacking the resources needed to obtain the diets, living conditions and participation in activities customary or widely accepted in one’s society.
Component 2
Lacking resources, living conditions or opportunities for activities that are customary or widely accepted in the society in which someone lives.
Revise: Absolute and Relative PovertyThis is relative deprivation: disadvantage judged against the accepted standards of the society in which someone lives. Townsend connected poverty to the resources needed for participation, rather than treating it only as a question of physical survival.
Feeling deprived compared with other people or groups whose living standards or possessions are used as a reference point.
A feeling of disadvantage arising from comparison with other people’s living standards or opportunities.
