Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Capital, Human Capital, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate
27 Feb 2014
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Absolute poverty: having less than absolute minimum income level based on the cost of basic needs. Relative poverty: having less than the average standard in society measured as the proportion of individuals below a certain percentage of median income. Subjective poverty: individuals feeling that they do not have enough to meet their needs. Indicators used to measure poverty: proportion of aggregate income earned by poorest proportion of households, ratio of income shares earned by the upper 90th percentile to the 10th percentile of households, multitude for other indices. Fewer immigrants, larger proportion of pop without high school diploma, higher unemployment rate, lower dispensable income. Highest proportion of pop living below low-income cut-off (but lower cost of living should be taken into account) Higher cancer mortality rate but lower in circulatory system (compared to the rest of. Lower proportion of quebecers in good health and more stress.
