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Poverty
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Poverty | a situation where one lacks the necessities andcomforts in order to live. Deficiency in amount,unproductiveness. |
| Absolute Poverty | an absolute minimum standard belowwhich ill-health and death can result. |
| Relative Poverty | a significant degree of lack incomparison to the people around you |
| The inverse care law | The availability of good medical care tends to vary inverselywith the need for the population served. This inverse care lawoperates more completely where medical care is most exposedto market forces, and less so where such exposure isreduced" |
| NZ deprivation Index | A generic indicator of socio-economic deprivation for small areaswhere 10 is High deprivation and 1 is Low deprivation |