Collocations with "poverty"

7 collocations found

abject poverty

A state of being extremely poor.

abject7.5
a cycle of poverty

a situation where poor families become trapped in poverty for generations

cycle7.5
urban poverty

poverty that exists in metropolitan areas

urban7.5
grinding poverty

very severe poverty that is difficult to escape

grinding6.8
poverty wage

A wage so low that the earner lives in poverty.

wage6.8
poverty threshold

the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country

threshold6.4
trap6.2