Do age, gender, race, ethnicity or cultural background affect poverty? if so, how?

Explanation:

Depends a lot of the culture itself and self motivation. Many people has became wealthy from having nothing. Besides, not poverty people exists in all cultures and societies, young ages and old ages, man and women.

So, mainly poverty should not depend on this variables.

Careful! Here we talk based on poverty's definition:

''Not having enough material possessions or income to a person's needs''.

Not wealthy is not the same as poor.

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