3. The PSA defines the poor based on Section 3 of Republic Act
8425 of 1997 or the Social Reform & Poverty Alleviation Act.
The agency follows the National Economic and Development
Authority (Neda) definition of the poor as individuals and
families whose income falls below the poverty threshold or
those who “cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide their
minimum basic needs of food, health, education, housing and
other essential amenities of life.”
The P10,481 is the minimum income needed to buy or needed to pay for
the basic food and non-basic food needs of a family of five in a month, in
a month
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5. Adapted from "Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse
Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study,” by V. J. Felitti, R. F. Anda, D. Nordenberg, D. F. Williamson, A. M. Spitz, V. Edwards, et al.,
1998, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 14(4), pp. 245–258.
6. What is poverty?
Although poverty is often discussed in terms of dollar amounts, quality of life is also part of the conversation.
Living in poverty means a life of struggle and deprivation.
Children living in poverty often lack access to quality education. Sometimes it’s because there are not enough
quality schools, their parents cannot afford school fees, or because impoverished families need their children to
work. Without a quality education, children grow up being unable to provide for their own children — thus the
generational cycle of poverty.
Living in poverty also means not being able to afford a doctor or medical treatment. It means no electricity,
limited shelter, and often little to no food on the table. For young children, improper nutrition can mean stunting
and wasting that permanently impact their development. In impoverished countries where many people lack
access to clean water and sanitation, poverty means the spread of preventable diseases and the unnecessary
death of children.
Historically, poverty has been calculated based on a person’s income and how much he or she can buy with that
income, but new multidimensional measures are more holistic.
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11. “Poverty is the parent of revolution
and crime.”
- ARISTOTLE, GREEK PHILOSOPHER
