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Situational poverty is a type of poverty consisting in a period wherein an individual falls below the poverty line because of a sudden event.<ref name="TYPES OF SITUATIONAL POVERTY">{{cite web|title=TYPES OF SITUATIONAL POVERTY|url=http://richmondvale.org/situational-poverty/|website=richmondvale.org|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref> | Situational poverty is a type of poverty consisting in a period wherein an individual falls below the poverty line because of a sudden event.<ref name="TYPES OF SITUATIONAL POVERTY">{{cite web|title=TYPES OF SITUATIONAL POVERTY|url=http://richmondvale.org/situational-poverty/|website=richmondvale.org|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref> | ||
Situational poverty is generally caused by a sudden crisis or loss and is often temporary. Events causing situational poverty include environmental disasters, divorce, death of the family head, illness, a natural disaster or loss of job.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jensen|first1=Eric|title=Teaching with Poverty in Mind|url=http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/109074/chapters/Understanding-the-Nature-of-Poverty.aspx|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref> | Situational poverty is generally caused by a sudden crisis or loss and is often temporary. Events causing situational poverty include environmental disasters, divorce, death of the family head, illness, a natural disaster or loss of job.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jensen|first1=Eric|title=Teaching with Poverty in Mind|url=http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/109074/chapters/Understanding-the-Nature-of-Poverty.aspx|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="TYPES OF SITUATIONAL POVERTY"/> These uncontrollable events can cause a spiral of events which leads to a a loss of income and material possessions.<ref name="What is Situational Poverty?">{{cite web|title=What is Situational Poverty?|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-situational-poverty.htm|website=wisegeek.com|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref> | ||
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Situational poverty is a type of poverty consisting in a period wherein an individual falls below the poverty line because of a sudden event.[1] Situational poverty is generally caused by a sudden crisis or loss and is often temporary. Events causing situational poverty include environmental disasters, divorce, death of the family head, illness, a natural disaster or loss of job.[2][1] These uncontrollable events can cause a spiral of events which leads to a a loss of income and material possessions.[3]