Editing Disadvantaged (section)

==Economically disadvantaged==

In common usage "the disadvantaged" is a generic term for those "from [[poverty|lower-income]] backgrounds" or "the Disadvantaged Poor".<ref name=NepalPoor />
The "economically disadvantaged" is a term used by government institutions in for example allocating free school meals to "a student who is a member of a household that meets the [[Means testing|income eligibility]] guidelines for free or reduced-price meals (less than or equal to 185% of US [[federal poverty guidelines]])"<ref>Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, "Economically Disadvantaged Status Collection and Reporting", {{cite web|url=http://dpi.wi.gov/lbstat/dataecon.html |title=Economically Disadvantaged Status Collection and Reporting |access-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925040357/http://dpi.wi.gov/lbstat/dataecon.html |archive-date=25 September 2006  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/adstc04.html |title=2003-2004 Economically Disadvantaged Status |access-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217210234/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/adstc04.html |archive-date=17 February 2007  }}</ref> or business grants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/lsalist.htm |title=Economically Disadvantaged Counties |access-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922214032/http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/lsalist.htm |archive-date=22 September 2006  }}</ref>

The "disadvantaged" is often applied in a third world context {{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} and typically relate to women with reduced "[[upward mobility]]"<ref name=NepalPoor /> suffering social exclusion and having limited access to natural resources and economic opportunities.<ref name=NepalPoor /> They are often landless or marginal farmers operating on the most unproductive land.<ref name=NepalPoor />

According to [[Paul Krugman]] in an October 2002 article titled "about the [[distribution of wealth]]",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krugman |first=Paul |date=2002-10-20 |title=For Richer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/20/magazine/for-richer.html |access-date=2024-07-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=Was title changed?|date=July 2024}} there is even more of a [[Class divide|divide]] between the [[economic class|classes]] today than in the 1920s, meaning that the disadvantaged are becoming more economically disadvantaged.