| Descriptor in English: | Poverty |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Pobreza |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Pobreza |
| Descriptor in French: | Pauvreté |
| Entry term(s): |
Absolute Poverty Extreme Poverty Immiseration Impoverishment Indigency Indigent Indigents Low Income Population Low Income Populations Low-Income Population Low-Income Populations Population, Low Income Population, Low-Income Populations, Low Income Populations, Low-Income Poverty, Absolute Poverty, Extreme |
| Tree number(s): |
I01.880.735.634 I01.880.853.996.535 N01.824.600 SP3.031 SP4.127.413.664 |
| Scope note: | A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level. |
| Annotation: | specify geographic location if pertinent |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics EH ethnology ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence PC prevention & control PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data TD trends |
| History Note: | 68 |
| See also the descriptors: |
Cultural Deprivation
MeSH |
| DeCS UI: | 11641 |
| Descriptor UI: | D011203 |
| Date Established: | 1968/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2019/03/04 |
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ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences -
ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Environmental Health [SP4]Environmental Health
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Poverty
- Preferred
Indigents
- Related but not broader or narrower
Indigency
- Related but not broader or narrower
Low-Income Population
- Related but not broader or narrower
Impoverishment
- Related but not broader or narrower
Extreme Poverty
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M0017394 |
| Scope note | A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level. |
| Preferred term | Poverty |
| Concept UI |
M0017392 |
| Preferred term | Indigents |
| Entry term(s) |
Indigent |
| Concept UI |
M0017395 |
| Preferred term | Indigency |
| Concept UI |
M0017393 |
| Preferred term | Low-Income Population |
| Entry term(s) |
Low Income Population Low Income Populations Low-Income Populations Population, Low Income Population, Low-Income Populations, Low Income Populations, Low-Income |
| Concept UI |
FD00062314 |
| Scope note | Impoverishment: The action of impoverishing someone. The state of being impoverished. (Wiktionary) immiseration: The process of making miserable, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment. (Wiktionary) |
| Preferred term | Impoverishment |
| Entry term(s) |
Immiseration |
| Concept UI |
M000645158 |
| Scope note | The inability to meet basic human needs, such as food, shelter, and avoidance of disease. |
| Preferred term | Extreme Poverty |
| Entry term(s) |
Absolute Poverty Poverty, Absolute Poverty, Extreme |
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