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Identify the Reasons offered by Sociologists to Explain Why Women are more at Risk of Poverty than Men. Within Britain, there is poverty all around us. However, poverty is quite difficult to define because there is no official poverty
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Identify the Reasons offered by Sociologists to Explain Why Women are more at Risk of Poverty than Men. Within Britain, there is poverty all around us. However, poverty is quite difficult to define because there is no official poverty line in Britain, and the 3 method used are: using 50-60% average income, this is difficult because there are different numbers of people within each household, therefore income may need to stretch more or less due to this. In addition to this the person(s) savings aren't included, and this could make a difference. Those on means tested benefits, this is challenging because not everyone knows what benefits they are entitled to, while others struggle to go back to work and loose the benefits, so decide not to work, or work very limited hours. So therefore are in a continuous poverty trap. Using a basket of goods or services does not help define...
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