WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE POVERTY LINE?

Using the articles linked on the website and other resources, answer the following questions.
Define poverty line.

What is absolute poverty? How does it differ from relative poverty? *need own research to answer
this question. If struggling to understand, focus first on the difference between the descriptors
absolute and relative before applying the ideas to poverty.

What is the poverty line (in money amount) in Hong Kong for a one person household? A two person
household? A four person household?

How did the Hong Kong government determine the poverty line in Hong Kong? (Higher level
extension question: What are some problems with determining the poverty line this way?)

How many Hong Kongers are defined as living in poverty? What percentage of the population does
this represent?

Which groups of people are more likely to be below the poverty line? Explain. (Do not answer poor
people!)

Based on the graphic below, which three areas of Hong Kong have the highest percentage of people
living in poverty? Which three areas have the highest number of people living in poverty?

List four questions you still have about poverty in Hong Kong on the back of this paper, along with at
least five things your found interesting in the articles.