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THE POVERTY    Poverty is not having enough material possessions or income for a person's needs. Poverty may include social, economic, and political elements. Absolute poverty  is the complete lack of the means necessary to meet basic personal needs, such as  food ,  clothing , and  shelter . The threshold at which absolute poverty is defined is always about the same, independent of the person's permanent location or era. On the other hand,  relative poverty  occurs when a person cannot meet a minimum level of  living standards , compared to others in the same time and place. Therefore, the threshold at which relative poverty is defined varies from one country to another, or from one  society  to another.   For example, a person who cannot afford housing better than a small tent in an open field would be said to live in relative poverty if almost everyone else in that area lives in modern brick homes, but not if everyone else also lives in small tents in open fields (for ex