Measurements and definitions of poverty

thumb|The Fourth Estate (painting)|The Fourth Estate (1901) by [[Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo]]

minimum income deemed adequate to live in a specific country or place

list of countries that exhibits the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development

In Marxist theory, the Lumpenproletariat (; ) is the underclass devoid of class consciousness. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels coined the word in the 1840s and used it to refer to the unthinking lower strata of society exploited by reactionary and counter-revolutionary forces, particularly in the context of the revolutions of 1848. They dismissed the revolutionary potential of the Lumpenproletariat and contrasted it with the proletariat. Among other groups, criminals, vagabonds, and prostitutes are usually included in this category.

a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information; it depends not only on income but also on access to services

statistical analysis that ranks all countries on levels of access to nutrition

thumb|The term underclass is employed by sociologists such as Dennis Gilbert (sociologist)|Dennis Gilbert to describe the most disadvantaged socio-economic demographic with the least access to scarce resources. In this chart constructed by Gilbert, the American underclass is estimated to constitute roughly 12% of U.S. households (in 1998). The underclass is the segment of the population that occupies the lowest possible position in a class hierarchy, below the core body of the working class. This group is usually considered cut off from the rest of the society.

developing countries with high levels of poverty and debt

social class of working people whose incomes fall below a poverty line due to low-income jobs and low familial household income

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range of indicators

the lack of resources to sustain the diet, lifestyle, activities and amenities that an individual or group are accustomed to or that are widely encouraged or approved in the society to which they belong

The "disadvantaged" is a generic term for individuals or groups of people who: Face special problems such as physical or mental disability Lack money or economic support

overview about the measure of poverty

family of poverty metrics

measure of the intensity of poverty

map of distribution of poverty within a country

benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage