Author Question: Describe the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty. What will be an ideal ... (Read 156 times)

Evvie72 · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Describe the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of these statements about global population growth is false?

a. It is difficult to measure population growth globally.
b. The quality of demographic data varies considerably from country to country.
c. Rapid world population growth is a relatively new phenomenon.
d. All countries in the world conduct an annual census.
e. There has never been a complete numeration of the global population.

guyanai · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 1, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Absolute poverty is the absence of enough money to purchase life's necessities, such as food, clothing, and shelter. Relative poverty is a comparison of the economic condition of those at the bottom of a society with that of other strata. Thus, a basketball player in the National Basketball Association who earns the minimum salary of 300,000 suffers from relative poverty in relation to the superstars of the league. However, that player could not be considered to be poverty-stricken from an absolute standpoint.

Answer to Question 2

D