Question

Who are the churning poor

Answer 1

Answer :

Small scale workers are called as churning poor because they keep moving in and out of the poverty segment.

Answer 2

Churning poor are people who keep moving in and out of the poverty line. It is a form of classifying and sub-classifying the poor in different categories.

Explanation:

• The people who keep moving in an out of the poverty lines are classified as churning poor.  

• This is because if they get employed then they move above the line of poverty since they have an incoming income to support themselves.  

• If they become unemployed then they go below the line of poverty since they do not have any income to support themselves.  

• The people become chronic poor if they remain below the line of poverty over a certain period of time.