# Disadvantaged > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Disadvantaged > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Disadvantaged.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disadvantaged > Source revision: 1235508867 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|People with special problems or lacking money}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{confused|Disadvantage|drawback (disambiguation){{!}}drawback}} {{split apart|disadvantaged (disability)|disadvantaged (economics)|date=June 2022}} The "'''disadvantaged'''" is a generic term for individuals or groups of people who: * Face special problems such as [physical](/source/physical_disability) or [mental disability](/source/mental_disorder){{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 }}{{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 }} * Lack [money](/source/money) or economic supportKingdom 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 }} ==Economically disadvantaged== In common usage "the disadvantaged" is a generic term for those "from [lower-income](/source/poverty) backgrounds" or "the Disadvantaged Poor". 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 [income eligibility](/source/Means_testing) guidelines for free or reduced-price meals (less than or equal to 185% of US [federal poverty guidelines](/source/federal_poverty_guidelines))"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 }}{{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 }} or business grants.{{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 }} The "disadvantaged" is often applied in a third world context {{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} and typically relate to women with reduced "[upward mobility](/source/upward_mobility)" suffering social exclusion and having limited access to natural resources and economic opportunities. They are often landless or marginal farmers operating on the most unproductive land. According to [Paul Krugman](/source/Paul_Krugman) in an October 2002 article titled "about the [distribution of wealth](/source/distribution_of_wealth)",{{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}}{{Clarify|reason=Was title changed?|date=July 2024}} there is even more of a [divide](/source/Class_divide) between the [classes](/source/economic_class) 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](/source/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,{{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 }} in special provisions for [Stamp Tax](/source/Stamp_tax) reliefThe Stamp Duty (Disadvantaged Areas) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3747) and for areas where health is an issue.UK department of Health Press Release, "Health trainers for disadvantaged areas", Published, Thursday 11 August 2005, Reference number: 2005/0285 In the United States the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act allowed qualifying hospitals to employ temporary foreign workers as registered nurses.The Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 (NRDAA) == See also == *[Disadvantaged child](/source/Disadvantaged_child) *[Disadvantaged pupil](/source/Disadvantaged_pupil) *[Political correctness](/source/Political_correctness) *[Poverty](/source/Poverty) *[Destitute](/source/Destitute) *[Disabled](/source/Disabled) *[Social exclusion](/source/Social_exclusion) *[Social vulnerability](/source/Social_vulnerability) == References == {{reflist}} {{Deprivation Indicators}} Category:Measurements and definitions of poverty --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Disadvantaged](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disadvantaged) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disadvantaged?action=history)). 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