Timothy is a three-year-old child living in a mobile home in a mountainous region of the United States. His home has no running water, and no heat
Often there is insufficient food to eat, there is no money for doctor visits or medicine if family members become ill, and in winters his mother bundles him up under blankets so that he does not get frostbite or hypothermia. Timothy can be said to be experiencing
A. absolute poverty.
B. relative poverty.
C. culture of poverty.
D. none of these.
A
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