Above Poverty Line

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
APL
Pronunciation
/əˈbəv ˈpɑvərti laɪn/
Category
Regional
Related Field
-1

Examples in Context

  1. In theory, if the government provided for the minimum living standard above poverty line, poverty indices should be zero, the model calculation results were consistent with the theoretical analysis.
  2. This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
  3. The point is that it is getting more and more difficult to stay above the poverty line.
  4. One anomaly found in the study was that fewer disabilities were seen in people on or slightly above the poverty line than in people with incomes two to three times above the poverty line.
  5. What tipped them from middle-class lifestyles to incomes just above the poverty line was likely to have been one or all of three factors.

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