Assess The Importance Of Being In Absolute Poverty

Absolute poverty is when one doesn’t have the minimum amount of income that is required for basic living conditions and needs over a long period of time. E.g. people do not have access to good food or have access to too little food, they are not able to have fruit and vegetables every day. They might not have access to health care, especially countries outside the UK. Although it is the law for children to go to school in this country however people outside who are categorised as to being in absolute poverty will not have access to school or education.

When one lack the minimum amount of income for maintaining the average standard of living, this is defined as relative poverty. This can be temporary, although not always and people can continue
to being in this statue. Relative poverty can be caused be by unemployment, for example, one might be unemployed for a long time after the previous job;