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global stratification
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The unequal distribution of wealth, power, prestige, resources, and influence among the world’s nations.
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vulnerability to poverty
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A significant probability that people who are not officially poor will become poor within the next year.
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life expectancy
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The average number of years that a nation’s citizens can be expected to live.
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child mortality
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The number of children who die before age 5 per 1,000 children.
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malnutrition
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The status of being inadequately nourished, arising from a lack of good food combined with infections and diseases such as diarrhea that sap the body of essential nutrients.
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adult literacy
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adult literacy
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maternal mortality
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The number of women who die during childbirth for every 100,000 live births.
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dowry deaths
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The murder of a new wife by her husband and/or his relatives because she has not paid the groom money or goods.
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modernization theory
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The view that global stratification results from a failure of poor nations to have the beliefs, values, and practices necessary for industrialization and rapid economic growth.
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dependency theory
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The view that global stratification results from colonization and exploitation of the poorest nations by the richest ones.
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