Benefits of poverty to the individual:

• When you are poor you have to do everything by yourself. Things such as being a caregiver, accountant, breadwinner, and housekeeper. You acquire a lot of skill because you are dependent on yourself

• Poor people are hard working and mostly do manual work

• When you poor, you don’t have any sort of access to many resources therefore you have to always find solutions or have a backup plan. They are always creative.

• Poor people know how to make a living with the little that they have. They are able to work multiple jobs just to gain an income to provide for their loved ones.

• They do not spend money on things they do not need

• You are more likely to understand people’s struggles than a rich person does.

• They do not have much to lose

• They cherish every little thing they accomplish

 

Benefits of poverty to the community:

• Poverty helps with recycling of goods

• Help with upholding conventional norms

• They are morally deviant

• Upward mobility of other groups by helping others achieve