The poverty line is a threshold level. In other words, a level of income which you are either above (out of poverty) or below (in poverty). One-hour TV special examines worldwide fight against poverty On Good Friday, the CW Network will air a remarkable special Life Below The Line: the World Poverty Crisis. Poverty in the US is measured in terms of the federal poverty line. Black, Hispanic, and American Indian children were twice as likely to live in poverty as whites. The reason is that the upper-bound poverty line, which measures the income people need for essential items after meeting their basic food needs, was recalculated from R620 a … We wanted to show that poverty is all … In 2018, the federal poverty line was $12,140 for an individual, $16,460 for a family of two, $20,780 for a family of … Each year, the poverty threshold adjusts for inflation, using the consumer price index. The poverty threshold does not vary by state, even though the cost of living in each state is very different. Hosted by Bryant Gumbel, this one-hour program Friday, April 6th at 3PM will explore the hardships of millions of people who struggle every day just to survive poverty. There are many working definitions of "poverty", with considerable debate on how to best define the term. Around 22 percent of American children lived below the federal poverty line in 2013, up from 18 percent in 2008, according to a new report. The poverty line varies for how many people are in a household. "Poverty" is defined as an economic condition by the lack of both money and basic necessities needed to successfully live, such as food, water, utilities, and housing. Between 2014 and 2018, the number of families and people living below the poverty line in Italy grew. NAIROBI, APRIL 11, 2018 – The proportion of Kenyans living on less than the international poverty line (US$1.90 per day in 2011 PPP) has declined from 46.8% in 2005/06 to 36.1% in 2015/16, according to the 17 th edition of the Kenya Economic Update.