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Chapter 30, Problem 17P
To determine

To explain:

The graph of poverty rate measurement.

Concept Introduction:

Relative Poverty: Relative poverty refers to the standard which measures the people who are short of the minimum income required to uphold the regular standard of livelihood in the society in which they belong to. It describes the condition where family income is a certain percentage under the median income of the society. For example, the relative poverty is measured as people living under may be set at 50% of median incomes of the society they live in.

Absolute Poverty: Absolute measure of poverty refers to the standard where the household income is much less than the required level to sustain the basic necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter). This helps to measure development over time and also between countries. World Bank defines extreme poverty as the people having income less than US $1.90

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