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... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > measurements and definitions of poverty > totally fuzzy and relative poverty measures

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totally fuzzy and relative poverty measures  

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  • THE MOST COMMON way to measure the prevalence of poverty in a region is to count the number of persons living in households that have incomes below a predetermined income level. This income threshold is known as a poverty line, and the percentage of the population that falls below this poverty line is referred to as the poverty rate or, in technical terms, the headcount index. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Totally Fuzzy and Relative Poverty Measures]

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