What's Poverty?

There is no global definition of poverty; deprivation and poverty are terms based on the concept of various individuals and society. Nonetheless, "poverty" in the most general sense is often categorized as a necessity for the survival and maintenance of human dignity. This may include basic food, shelter, medical care, lack of safe living environment (Stevenson, 2014). Poverty not only prevents people from buying what they need, but also has problems relating to stress, poor physical condition, under-standard housing, lack of equipment, insufficient infrastructure, fear of crime, and shame in poverty areas (Tomlinson), 2009).

The precise definition of feminization of poverty depends on two supplementary questions. What is poverty? What is feminization? Poverty is a lack of resources, capacity or freedom, often referred to as an aspect of poverty. The term "feminization" can be used to indicate a gender difference in any of these dimensions. Feminization is an act and process of becoming more feminine. In this case, "women" means "more general or fiercer in heads of women or females."

In the United States, poverty has increased since the 1970s. (Poverty World, p. 723). The structure of the family is constantly changing. Having a father in the family affects the poverty rate. When the poverty rate is formed, the existence rate of the father's family will be high. Today, my father is only four times my parents in the 1950s. (Reporting relation 3). In the absence of a father at home, it becomes poverty and the chances of eventually dropping out of school are even higher.

Over the past few decades, especially in families with young children, the poverty of children remains high 25, the process of poverty affecting children's education and development has received limited attention. One reason why progress is not seen is excessive dependence on a basic model that emphasizes the direct impact of poverty, with little attention to the mechanisms that link poverty to child development. Development System Theory (DST) 26, 27 may be useful to understand the multiple mechanisms that link poverty to education and development of children. Based on ecological theory, DST summarizes interactions at multiple levels, from basic biological processes to individual, family, school, community and cultural level interactions. As with other system models, the interaction is bidirectional, so changes in one aspect of the system can affect the system-wide relationships and processes.

Influence of poverty on child development and education results PATRICE L. ENGLEa and MAUREEN M. BLACKb