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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 03 Feb 2021
Poverty or at risk of poverty

People in poverty or at risk of poverty are affected by at least one of three forms of poverty: 1. monetary poverty; 2. material deprivation; 3. very low work intensity. People can suffer from more than one dimension of poverty at a time.