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poverty level
poverty level
- A level of income above which it is possible to achieve an adequate standard of living and below which it is not. It fluctuates with the cost of living .
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Notes
Because the poverty level is somewhat artificially established by the government, it can be manipulated for political ends. As with hidden unemployment , governments are often accused of establishing a poverty level that underestimates the number of poor people.
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Other Words From
- pover·ty-level adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poverty level1
First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences
And fast food workers in hundreds of cities walked off the job Thursday to protest their poverty-level wages.
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A. People with family income between 100 and 400 percent of the poverty level.
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He cited a statistic he cites often—that 46 percent of New Yorkers are living at or below 150 percent of the poverty level.
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Annualized, that comes out to about $25,000, which is barely above the poverty level for a family of four (PDF).
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For the first time in Brazilian history, the middle class, now 100 million strong, outnumbers those below the poverty level.
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