Working Poor
"Working Poor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
People who are in the labor force either working or looking for work for 27 weeks or more in a year, but whose income fall below a given poverty line.
| Descriptor ID |
D000069602
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.987
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| Concept/Terms |
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