How is poverty seen by social scientists

*Social scientists look at poverty through a variety of indicator.Usually these indicators are used to relate the levels of income and consumption.
*But now poverty is looked through other indicators like literary level, lack of job, lack of proper healthcare, lack of sanitation, lack of general reistance due to malnutrition, lack of access to safe drinking water.
*Analysis of poverty based on social exclusion and vulnerability is common.

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