Psychology & Sociology · Mr. Pankow: Social Structure & Inequality

Question

What is Relative poverty?
____

Answer

What is Relative poverty?
Relative income of people whose incomes are so low in their own society they’re being excluded from society
Not about survival
About 60% median income
Based on the MEDIAN income and is everchanging
Median income rises, relative poverty level rises

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