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boven de armoedegrens zitten

English translation: above the poverty line


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Dutch term or phrase:boven de armoedegrens
English translation:above the poverty line
Entered by: Dutch Sonja
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04:26 May 20, 2008
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / wellfare
Dutch term or phrase: boven de armoedegrens zitten
Als ze eenmaal boven de armoedegrens zitten, willen ze allemaal dat hun kinderen naar school gaan.
Dutch Sonja
Local time: 10:50
above the poverty line
Explanation:
See the following websites:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/jan/21/christmasappeal2004...
"Rising above the poverty line
Bangladeshi slum dwellers are being armed "

http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/democrat.htm
"This method of poverty assessment is based on an approach used in Britain in the early and late 1980's by Mack and Lansley (1985; Frayman, 1991), but with an important adaptation: the approach to weighting and how a poverty line is defined."

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Marijke Singer
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:50
Grading comment
thanks all for this interesting discussion! above the poverty line it will be!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8above the poverty line
Marijke Singer
4 +1above the breadlinelexispro
4 +1above poverty level
Lianne Van De Ven


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
above poverty level


Explanation:
see google bv

Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 04:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kitty Brussaard
3 hrs
  -> Bedankt Kitty, voor de Amerikaanse variant....
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
above the breadline


Explanation:
"Breadline" is commonly used to refer to the point that is dividing line between abject poverty and the ability to afford bread. People living on the breadline just barely make ends meet. People living under the breadline cannot afford bread.

lexispro
Local time: 10:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in AfrikaansAfrikaans

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andries Conradie: to live above the breadline
44 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
above the poverty line


Explanation:
See the following websites:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/jan/21/christmasappeal2004...
"Rising above the poverty line
Bangladeshi slum dwellers are being armed "

http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/democrat.htm
"This method of poverty assessment is based on an approach used in Britain in the early and late 1980's by Mack and Lansley (1985; Frayman, 1991), but with an important adaptation: the approach to weighting and how a poverty line is defined."



Marijke Singer
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks all for this interesting discussion! above the poverty line it will be!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Max Nuijens, MSc: that's it. it is a technical distinction with a weighted method of calculating the rate of poverty. people who are under it still may have bread and clothes.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Max!

agree  Neil Cross: Sometimes also "poverty threshold", but "poverty line" scores a lot more Google hits.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Neil!

agree  Kitty Brussaard
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Kitty!

agree  Kate Hudson
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Kate!

agree  Sanmar
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sanmar!

agree  Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Siobhan!

agree  xxxjarry: Sometimes poverty data line
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jarry!

agree  BQuigley
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Brian!
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