Editing Disadvantaged

{{Short description|People with special problems or lacking money}}
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The "'''disadvantaged'''" is a generic term for individuals or groups of people who:
* Face special problems such as [[physical disability|physical]] or [[mental disorder|mental disability]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leisureconsult.freeserve.co.uk/disadvantaged.htm |title=Disadvantaged |access-date=25 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010427122025/http://www.leisureconsult.freeserve.co.uk/disadvantaged.htm |archive-date=27 April 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eto.org.uk/links/tcoop2.htm |title=Links and Resources about Telecooperation |access-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007133827/http://www.eto.org.uk/links/tcoop2.htm |archive-date=7 October 2006  }}</ref>
* Lack [[money]] or economic support<ref name=NepalPoor>Kingdom of Nepal: Economic and Social Inclusion of the Disadvantaged Poor through Livelihood Enhancement with Micro-irrigation (Financed by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund), March 2006 {{cite web |url=http://www.adb.org/Documents/TARs/NEP/39004-NEP-TAR.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329192210/http://www.adb.org/Documents/TARs/NEP/39004-NEP-TAR.pdf |archive-date=29 March 2007  }}</ref>

==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.

==Disadvantaged area==
Many governments use ''Disadvantaged area'' as a designation for various "problem" areas. In the [[UK]] "disadvantaged area" is a term used for an area where there is a need "to stimulate the physical, economic and social regeneration" by attracting development and encouraging the purchase of properties,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taxationweb.co.uk:80/stampduties/news.php?id%3D143 |title=SDLT: DISADVANTAGED AREA RELIEF - the Inland Revenue have published a Statement of Practice (SP1/200 |access-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312011516/http://www.taxationweb.co.uk/stampduties/news.php?id=143 |archive-date=12 March 2007  }}</ref> in special provisions for [[Stamp tax|Stamp Tax]] relief<ref>The Stamp Duty (Disadvantaged Areas) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3747)</ref> and for areas where health is an issue.<ref>UK department of Health Press Release, "Health trainers for disadvantaged areas", Published, Thursday 11 August 2005, Reference number: 2005/0285</ref> In the United States the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act allowed qualifying hospitals to employ temporary foreign workers as registered nurses.<ref>The Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 (NRDAA)</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Disadvantaged child]]
*[[Disadvantaged pupil]]
*[[Political correctness]]
*[[Poverty]]
*[[Destitute]]
*[[Disabled]]
*[[Social exclusion]]
*[[Social vulnerability]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Measurements and definitions of poverty]]