What Would Sociologists Be Measuring If They Compared a Family's

question 144

Multiple Choice

What would sociologists be measuring if they compared a family's household income in India with the cost of buying a staple such as rice?

• A) relative poverty
• B) real poverty
• C) global poverty
• D) absolute poverty

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