| Definitions | | living in poverty |
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verb
- having a cash income below the poverty level
- Despite the economic recovery, the percentage of the U.S. population rose to 12.5 percent in 2003
- living in poverty, i.e., leading a life on the same economic level as someone who gets no charity or government benefits and whose cash income is below the poverty level
- Conservatives say that less than 0.5 percent of the population is really , arguing that statistics should include the value of charity and welfare.
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