Question

HURRY PLEASE! Define poverty and name some of the characteristics that affect poverty.

Answer 1

Poverty is the state of being extremley poor. Characteristics of poverty include: hunger, lack of shelter, being sick and unable to visit a doctor, unable to go to school and charcteristics that affect poverty are age, race, and ethnicity.

Answer 2

DEFINITION: The state of being extremely poor.

The big five factors of poverty (as a social problem) include: ignorance, disease, apathy, dishonesty and dependency. These, in turn, contribute to secondary factors such as lack of markets, poor infrastructure, poor leadership, bad governance, under-employment, lack of skills, lack of capital, and others.