SOCY 211 LEARNING ACTIVITY 4

Poverty is one word that is very difficult to define. Many experts have tried to give a very proper and suitable definition of it so it can be easily understood in words.

Poverty can be defined as the inability to live a normal life of being able to provide and maintain a normal standard of living. It can also be defined as the inability to make ends meet to survive. Poverty can also be defined as the lack of things that a person has in order to fit in the society, more like basic things that we need for our basic life. The inability to provide for yourself is viewed as being poor. The most popular definition of poverty is the one that says “Poverty is the inability to satisfy your basic needs or the state of one who usually lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions

Poverty is often viewed in terms of financial welfare and the access to resources that you need to have a normal standard of living. So if a person does not have financial stability and proper access to resources they are considered to be poor.