the deprivation of some people in relation to those who have more
Poverty defined by reference to the overall standard of living in any given society.
The level of poverty in a country expressed in term of certain level of income such as half of the average wage
a conception of poverty which argues that people are poor when they are very much worse off than other people in their society. The consequence of such an understanding is that, as living standards rise, the level at which people are said to be in poverty will also rise. Compare absolute poverty.