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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