Poverty is...the extent to which an individual does without resources.
The following is a list of resources and their definitions.
- Financial: having the money to purchase goods and services.
- Emotional: ability to choose and control emotional responses without engaging in negative behavior.
- Mental: ability and skills to deal with daily life (reading, writing, computing).
- Spiritual: Believing in a divine purpose.
- Physical: health and mobility.
- Support Systems: friends, family and backup available in times of need.
- Relationships/Role Models: frequent access to adults who are appropriate and nurturing.
- Knowledge of the Hidden Rules: knowing unspoken cues and the habits of a group. (See Hidden Rules Among Classes)