{"id":5753,"date":"2020-12-22T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=5753"},"modified":"2020-12-23T01:22:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T01:22:01","slug":"who-are-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/who-are-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the poor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5753\" class=\"elementor elementor-5753\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1277deb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1277deb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-663d753\" data-id=\"663d753\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-54ea904 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54ea904\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3dcaba\" data-id=\"e3dcaba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1078f34 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1078f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Poverty<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6d355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"5b6d355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-poverty-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5763 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-poverty\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is poverty?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5771 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-poverty\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of poverty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5810 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/where-are-the-poor\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Where are the poor?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5809 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/who-are-the-poor\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Who are the poor?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5808 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/factors-that-cause-poverty\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Factors that cause poverty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5807 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/impact-of-poverty\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Impact of poverty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5806 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-vicious-cycle-of-poverty\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Vicious Cycle of Poverty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5805 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/methods-used-to-reduce-poverty\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Methods used to reduce poverty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a3a28 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"09a3a28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adf0b3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"adf0b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element 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are, and so on?<\/p><p>The world&#8217;s absolute poor often live in rural areas, and often earn an income in agriculture. Rural households are more likely to be poorer than urban households.<\/p><h4><b><i>The trend of people living in poverty:<\/i><\/b><\/h4><p>The number of people living in extreme poverty stood at 736 million in 2015, down from nearly 2 billion in 1990. Report: POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY 2018, World Bank Group<\/p><h4><b><i>Poor children in school:<\/i><\/b><\/h4><p>Based on enrollment data, about 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 percent of them were girls. And these are regarded as optimistic numbers \u2014Source: Millennium Development Goals Report 2007<br \/>Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. \u2014Source: The State of the World\u2019s Children, 1999, UNICEF<\/p><h3><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5884\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poverty-stats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poverty-stats.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poverty-stats-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poverty-stats-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>A. Poor or destitute<\/b><\/h3><p>People in this group tend to be the elderly, especially widows with no assets. They also include the disabled, who are usually not empowered to come into public. They fall into the category of the absolute and chronically Poor. They are also dependents because of some adverse health conditions that do not allow them to help themselves.<\/p><h3><b>B. Dependents<\/b><\/h3><p>Poor households have more members, living together in single rooms or small houses, a greater share of dependents (non-working age), less education, less land, and less access to running water and electricity. Poor households have significantly fewer years of education whether one looks at the household-level average or the years of schooling of household heads.<\/p><h3><b>C. Economically poor<\/b><\/h3><p>People in this group move in and out of poverty, usually vulnerable to spells of personal shocks such as illness, family deaths, or job losses. General shocks such as floods, fires, droughts, conflicts, or earthquakes can also cause this kind of poverty. People in this group tend to be in their working life, but largely live in rural areas, working on small subsistence farms. About 60% of Africans who are poor tend to be in this group. They usually lack assets and access to services that can enhance their economic development. 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