But there are a range of terms that are used in the debates on disadvantage. Understanding the differences between the terms helps to determine policy responses. The standard poverty measure in the UK along with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and other international bodies has been 60 per cent of median income, a measure that is fundamentally about money. The coalition government disliked this measure as too simple for measuring child poverty, lacking in the key issues that they consider drivers of poverty like worklessness, family breakdown, educational attainment and drug abuse. However, a relative measure based on median income allows for international comparisons and measures of progress.
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