SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Deindustrialization

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Common perception: people who are unemployed or on welfare. Canada has no official definition of poverty. Most accepted definition by statistics canada low income cutoff the income level at which family spends considerably more (over 70%) on basic necessities (food, clothing, shelter) than the average family. Absolute poverty: when people do not have the means to secure the most basic necessities of life (food, shelter, and clothing) Relative poverty: when people may be able to pay for basic necessities of life, but are unable to maintain an average standard of living. * poverty in canada is visible in marginalized groups (women, children, and new immigrants) * poverty rate for children under age 18 is 9. 5 percent. * more than 600,000 canadian children are living in poverty, and a large number of children are just above the official poverty line. * children are poorer now than they were in the early 1980"s.