In industrialized countries, national poverty lines are sometimes ...

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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

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a