Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1995;33(5):63-73.
빈곤가계의 복지지원을 위한 빈곤선 설정의 이론적 고찰
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동국대학교 가정교육학과
Theoretical Review to Draw Poverty Lines
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ABSTRACT
Absolute poverty is redefined as biological existence level poverty and relative poverty is also redefinded as 'the state that relatively insufficient compared to the specific society's average living standard under the condition that basic needs on the biological existence level has been satisfied.' Then absolute poverty and relative poverty lies on the same welfare continuum. Therefore these two can be regarded as one unified concept. Theoretical bottom line of poverty is the biological existence level and ceiling is average income. Poverty line for the social policy is to be drawn between ceiling and floor. Using these standard lines three poverty bands are categorized : minimum subsistence level, minimum decency level.
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