Q.Explain any three consequences of poverty for the individual or household.

Poverty leads to malnutrition, low education, and child labour, among other individual/household-level consequences.

Three consequences of poverty for the individual/household (any three of the following are acceptable):

1. Malnutrition and poor health. An inability to afford an adequate, balanced diet causes malnutrition, particularly among children, and poor households can also less afford healthcare when ill.
2. Low levels of education. Poor households often cannot afford the direct and indirect costs (fees, books, uniforms, the income a working child could bring in) of keeping children in school. …