Topics: Economics and Personal Finances, Socioeconomic Class. 1  Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center. 2  Rakesh Kochhar is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
In the United States, the Census Bureau determines who is poor using an economic poverty measure, by calculating official poverty estimates using a set of dollar-value thresholds, or minimum amount of income needed to meet basic needs, that vary by family size and composition.
Poor mindsets, such as narrow minded thinking is obviously negative energy. You need to always have an open mind and see things in a positive, optimistic way that generates even more positive energy. Other things such as poor behaviors, lifestyles etc are obviously bad as well. Examples are plenty of fruit, vegetables and staples such as brown rice, brown pasta, wholemeal breads etc.