Question

21.
The definition of poor that we have in America matches closely to the definitions other people have in different countries.

False

True

Answer 1

False.

Different countries use different poverty measures (the U.S. uses the federal poverty line based on pre-tax cash income), while others use relative poverty (e.g., <60% of median income in the EU), absolute international lines (World Bank’s $1.90/day), or multidimensional indices (health, education, living standards). These different approaches lead to different definitions and counts of who is considered poor.