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The poverty line, which is also sometimes called the poverty threshold, is the smallest amount of money a person or a family needs to live on; to buy what is needed.[1] People who are below this line are classified as poor. (Simple English Wikipedia)

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. (Wikipedia)

Children living below the poverty line are now twice as likely to come from working families struggling on low incomes and falling wages than those whose parents are unemployed, official figures have revealed. (The Independent)

The poverty rate is the ratio of the number of people (in a given age group) whose income falls below the poverty line; (OECD Data)