Poverty Facts and Stats This figure is based on purchasing power parity (PPP), which basically suggests that prices of goods in countries tend to equate under floating exchange rates and therefore people would be able to purchase the same quantity of goods in any country for a given sum of money. That is, the notion that a dollar should buy the same amount in all countries. Hence if a poor person in a poor country living on a dollar a day moved to the U.S. with no changes to their income, they would still be living on a dollar a day. The new poverty line of $1.25 a day was recently announced by the World Bank (in 2008). For many years before that it had been $1 a day. The new figures from the World Bank therefore confirm concerns that poverty has not been reduced by as much as was hoped, although it certainly has dropped since 1981. However, it appears that much of the poverty reduction in the last couple of decades almost exclusively comes from China:
Poverty & Crime - Fundamental Finance Poverty and Crime Crime exists everywhere in the United States – in rural and urban areas, in the East and West, and among all types of people. This has led many government officials, especially those in urban areas, to focus largely on the reduction of crime among their respective constituencies and has led others to speculate on the factors that influence the amount of crime and how those factors can be controlled In the US, urban crime is often perceived as a problem amid areas with high poverty levels. Poverty’s effects on crime can be explained through a variety of reasons. Crime offers a way in which impoverished people can obtain material goods that they cannot attain through legitimate means. However, many other factors influence crime and are correlated with poverty as well. Variations in the composition of population can affect crime in different ways. This study first examines how poverty affects crime in the simple regression model. Another study by Jens Ludwig, Greg J.
Causes of Poverty Author and Page information by Anup ShahThis page last updated Sunday, September 28, 2014 Almost half the world — over 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined.Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day). Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Why is this? Poverty Facts and Stats Poverty Around The World
15 Shocking Poverty Statistics That Are Skyrocketing As The American Middle Class Continues To Be Slowly Wiped Out The "America" that so many of us have taken for granted for so many decades is literally disintegrating right in front of our eyes. Most Americans are still operating under the delusion that the United States will always be "the wealthiest nation" in the world and that our economy will always produce large numbers of high paying jobs and that the U.S. will always have a very large middle class. But that is not what is happening. The very foundations of the U.S. economy have rotted away and we now find ourselves on the verge of an economic collapse. On the mainstream news, the American people are treated to endless footage of leaders from both political parties proclaiming that the primary reason that we are in the midst of such an economic mess is because of what the other political party has done. Republicans proclaim that we are experiencing all of this economic chaos because of the Democrats. But do you really want to know who is to blame for our economic problems? Both of them.
How Bad Are The Public Schools? - Is There A Crisis? | The Battle Over School Choice | FRONTLINE Is there a public education crisis now? Certainly [the word "crisis"] would be applicable in some places. But I think it's a misnomer. I think the real enemy here isn't, quote, "public schools in crisis." That makes good camera-ready copy for somebody's journal. The enemy in my mind isn't this "crisis." Below this conversation about education, we're having a conversation about race and class in America. That's right. The conversation about education, just below the surface, is about standards, and assessment, and curriculum, and so on. When you look, and you ask yourself, what's working in some of those other schools? And that represents one of the good things that are happening in these schools that are working. What you need is some constancy, both in terms of instruction, and in terms of the human resources that are there. So the real issue for me is that you can fix these schools if you really want to hang in and do it. home · what do the candidates say?
Poverty Poverty is general scarcity or dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly includes food, water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.[2][3] After the industrial revolution, mass production in factories made production goods increasingly less expensive and more accessible. Of more importance is the modernization of agriculture, such as fertilizers, to provide enough yield to feed the population.[4] The supply of basic needs can be restricted by constraints on government services such as corruption, tax avoidance, debt and loan conditionalities and by the brain drain of health care and educational professionals. Etymology The English word "poverty" via Anglo-Norman povert. Measuring poverty Definitions Absolute poverty
Homeless in Los Angeles County Homelessness in Los Angeles County According to the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at the Weingart Center, an estimated 254,000 men, women and children experience homelessness in Los Angeles County during some part of the year and approximately 82,000 people are homeless on any given night. Unaccompanied youth, especially in the Hollywood area, are estimated to make up from 4,800 to 10,000 of these. Although homeless people may be found throughout the county, the largest percentages are in South Los Angeles and Metro Los Angeles. Other Facts About the Homeless Population in Los Angeles: The average age is 40 - women tend to be younger. 33% to 50% are female. Source: Institute for the Study of Homelessness & Poverty at the Weingart Center Homeless Population Counts by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Homeless Population Counts in Los Angeles County City of Los Angeles & County Overall Source: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Also see:
2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines [ Latest Poverty Guidelines ] [ Federal Register Notice, January 20, 2011 — Full text ] [ Prior Poverty Guidelines and Federal Register References Since 1982 ] [ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ] [ Further Resources on Poverty Measurement, Poverty Lines, and Their History ] [ Computations for the 2011 Poverty Guidelines ] There are two slightly different versions of the federal poverty measure: The poverty thresholds, and The poverty guidelines. The poverty thresholds are the original version of the federal poverty measure. The poverty guidelines are the other version of the federal poverty measure. The poverty guidelines are sometimes loosely referred to as the “federal poverty level” (FPL), but that phrase is ambiguous and should be avoided, especially in situations (e.g., legislative or administrative) where precision is important. Key differences between poverty thresholds and poverty guidelines are outlined in a table under Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
The upside to being 'poor' in America The Census Bureau has released disturbing new numbers, showing the population of poor Americans at 46.2 million, or 15.1% of the population last year. That's the highest rate in 17 years and the largest number in 52 years. The Census Bureau defines 2010 poverty as $22,314 for a U.S. family of four. Median household income remains just under $50,000. The disappointing poverty information was widely disseminated a nd attributed by media to high unemployment nationally (above 9% for 25 of the last 27 months) and to the economy, which has remained stagnant despite nearly $1 trillion of government stimulus spending by the Obama-Biden administration. Less noticed Tuesday, however, was the release of another non-government report on U.S. poverty, this one by the Heritage Foundation . Using the same Census Bureau data, Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield looked into the actual living conditions of America's official poor. During the year 4% of the poor became temporarily homeless. -- Andrew Malcolm
Poverty.com - Hunger and World Poverty Criminal Justice Fact Sheet Signup today to help the NAACP fight for a fairer criminal justice system. Incarceration Trends in America From 1980 to 2008, the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-from roughly 500,000 to 2.3 million people Today, the US is 5% of the World population and has 25% of world prisoners. Combining the number of people in prison and jail with those under parole or probation supervision, 1 in ever y 31 adults, or 3.2 percent of the population is under some form of correctional control Racial Disparities in Incarceration Drug Sentencing Disparities About 14 million Whites and 2.6 million African Americans report using an illicit drug 5 times as many Whites are using drugs as African Americans, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites African Americans represent 12% of the total population of drug users, but 38% of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59% of those in state prison for a drug offense. Contributing Factors