Question

Match the following types of poverty with their implications.

• A. Below the PL for long
• B. Frequently Changing Places
• C. Mostly below PL
• D. Mostly above PL

Answer 1

1) People who are always poor are below the poverty line for continued periods of time.
2) The churning poor are those who keep moving above and below the poverty line.
3) Chronic poor are those who mainly lie below the poverty line, but may move above sometimes.
4) Occasionally poor are people who lie above the poverty line but may slip into poverty sometimes.