Normal view
MARC view
Poor (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Disadvantaged, Economically
- Economically disadvantaged
- Impoverished people
- Low-income people
- Pauperism
- Poor Economic conditions
- Poor, The
- Poor people
See also:
- Broader heading: Social classes
- Poverty
United States. National Commission for Employment Policy. Coordinating federal assistance programs for the economically disadvantaged, 1991.
Bowman, W. Evaluating JTPA programs for economically disadvantaged adults, 1993.
Hennepin (Poor people)
American Heritage dict., 4th. ed., 2000 (poor: noun, people with little or no wealth and possessions considered as a group)
Encarta World English dict., 1999 (poor: noun, people who are poor; people who lack money or material possessions)
Random House dict., 2nd ed., 1987 (poor: noun, poor persons collectively)