Sociologist Study on Poverty

Sociologist Study on Poverty

Introduction

Poverty is generally defined as a state of deprivation in well-being. The conventional perspective connects well-being basically to control over commodities, so the poor are individuals who do not have sufficient income or consumption to place them above some adequate bare minimum threshold (Lyman et al, 2004). Poverty is also tied to a particular type of consumption, for instance people may be considered health poor, house poor or food poor.

Discussion

The poverty dimensions can often be determined directly. For instance it can be measured by assessing malnutrition or levels of literacy (Allan, 2010). The ...