Al Development of"Welfare State 1. Definition of Poverty 1.1 Absolute Poverty families without minimum food. clothing and shelter needed for maintenance of merely physical health(concept at beginning of last century) 1.2 Relative Poverty Despite adequate income for survival, people who do not have what is regarded as minimum necessary for decency and who cannot escape judgement that they are indecent can be labeled as poorA1 Development of “Welfare State”  1. Definition of Poverty  1.1 Absolute Poverty – families without minimum food, clothing and shelter needed for maintenance of merely physical health (concept at beginning of last century)  1.2 Relative Poverty – Despite adequate income for survival, people who do not have what is regarded as minimum necessary for decency and who cannot escape judgement that they are indecent can be labeled as poor