Poverty
By: Ailene Pasco
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The Meaning of Poverty
Causes and Effects of Poverty
A Way Out
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Without Poverty
Work Cited
Causes
Cultural Poverty: A way of life that perpetuates poverty from one generation to the next.
Minimum Wages: Citizens who are in poverty will not be able to get the best jobs.
Lack of Access to Education: Without money to go to school, they cannot get better jobs.
Flight of the Middle Class: Some citizens think, why bother working if I can receive money from the government for free?
Effects
Children who grow up in poverty suffer more persistent, frequent, and severe health problems.
Children raised in poverty tend to miss school more often.
Levels of stress in the family correlate with economic circumstances.
Substance abuse, prostitution, scamming and theft.
Homelessness (Extreme Poverty).
Death