What is Poverty line?
{{refimprove|date=August 2010}} The '''poverty line''', which is also sometimes called the '''poverty threshold''', is the smallest amount of [[money]] a person or a family needs to live on; to buy what is needed and is a line which is a gulf between the rich and the poor. It is the imaginary line drawn by the experts which has a particular amount if anybody earn income which is lower than this amount is known as poor and other who earn more than this amount is known as non-poor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTURKEY/Resources/361616-1130337498708/ExecutiveSummary2.pdf | title=Welcome to World Bank Intranet }}</ref> People who are below this line are [[social class|classified]] as [[poor]]. This line is used to decide who can get extra help with things like [[food]], [[shelter]] or [[medical]] [[treatment |care]]. There is a poverty line based on the income and another based on consumption levels. The poverty line is not the same in all [[country|countries]]. It can be decided by the [[economy]]. In the [[United States]], the poverty line is different depending on how many people there are in a family. This is because it costs more to buy food and supplies for more people. So, for example, it is higher in a family with eight people than in a family with three people. The poverty line also makes sure the poor and rich are separated immensely. If there were not a poverty line, the distribution of goods to those of whom are actually poor, would decrease. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irp.wisc.edu/faqs/faq1.htm |title=What are Poverty Thresholds and Poverty Guidelines? |access-date=2010-03-17 |archive-date=2010-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130213634/http://www.irp.wisc.edu/faqs/faq1.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Poverty]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Poverty]]