Article from the Institute for Research on Poverty describing how poverty is measured in the United States.

living below the internationally-recognized poverty line of $2 per day.

In Lebanon, the population living under the poverty line reaches 28.6 %.

Those who live below the poverty line in North Lebanon are 42.2%.

Poverty severity takes account not only the distance separating the poor from the poverty line (the poverty gap) but also the inequality among the poor.

It takes into account not only the distance separating the poor from the poverty line (the poverty gap) but also the inequality among the poor, because it places a higher weight on households farther away from the poverty line.

Many people live on the edge of poverty, and lose their right to public aid.

The poverty line expressed in terms of caloric intake remained constant, at 2300/person/day.

46.2 million Americans are under the poverty line — that's 15.7 percent of the country

46.2 million Americans are under the poverty line — that’s 15.7 percent of the country

The National poverty guidelines for 2010 state that an annual income of $22,050 for a family of four lives at the poverty line.

Two measurements widely used are the index of Unsatisfied Basic Needs (UBN) and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

The amount represents only about one-third of the national poverty line of 169,445 Ouguiyas per year.

The share of the population living below the poverty line has fallen from 51 per cent to 39 per cent.

I grew up below the poverty line; I didn’t have as much as other people did.