Rowntree

• What did they establish?

  • A 'poverty line'
  • a basic income below which an individual's income is insufficient to obtain basic neccesities.
• What two types of poverty did they identify?

  • Primary poverty
  • Secondary poverty
• What is primary poverty?

  Those who have to spend all their money on basic essentials but still have to go without these essentials in certain circumstances.
• What is secondary poverty?

  Those who have enough money to buy all the basic essentials but feel into poverty because they brought non-essential items e.g. alcohol.