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Download full textLevine, Barry B.; de Cintron, Celia F. – 1971
Dichotomous poverty is defined by taking an arbitrary standard of consumption capability as a dividing line between rich and poor. An investigation into dichotomous poverty below the 2000 dollar level will be worthwhile, since, in 1953, the Planning Board announced as a goal the attempt to lift all families above this margin. In 1953, 78 percent…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Economically Disadvantaged
