Type A Poverty

• Insufficient resources to meet basic needs, such as nutrition, shelter, health and education. This insufficiency can result in the following material symptoms of poverty:

a) Low income/consumption

b) Low average calorie intake

c) High infant mortality rate, Low life expectancy rates

d) High illiteracy rate

e) High unemployment

f) High rates of economic Migration

Type B Poverty

• Feelings of loss of dignity
• Low self-esteem
• Feelings of relative powerlessness
• Feelings of lack of participation
• Feelings of discrimination and resentment.
• Poverty type A is often linked to poverty type B, i.e. the more unequal a society, the more people suffer from absolute poverty.

Type C Poverty

• Fear, stress
• Feelings of insecurity
• Irrational precaution measures
• Family planning decisions
• Migration