In industrialized countries, national poverty lines are sometimes based on the median household income of a country's population. According to this _____ poverty measure, members of a household are considered poor if their household income is less than 50 percent of the median household income in that country.
a. standardized
b. absolute
c. comparative
d. relative
Question 2
________ poverty refers to a deficiency of material and economic resources compared with some other population.
a. Relative
b. Comparative
c. Absolute
d. Standardized
