The problem of poverty has provoked a wide variety of proposed solutions. One controversial proposal argues that the government should pay poor woman financial incentives to use birth control.

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Paying for Birth Control

Poverty may be defined as that state in which the income coming in the household is not enough to supply the family 's needs for food , utility and other household expenses . When a standard sized family generates income that is lower than the food and household expenses , it may be considered a problem , a problem faced by many families in most countries worldwide (Perales and Young 22

Like any other problems that exist in the world , there are many things

that can contribute to the existence of poverty . The situation may be based on educational background where the supposed bread winner , due to not very impressive educational attainment , cannot get a high-paying job . It may also be grounded on the family composition , a broken family wherein the mother is the only earner in the home , or an intact family with too many children that the income coming in cannot support (Perales and Young 22-27

One reason for the increasing number of people experiencing poverty is unplanned having of children as such , one of the solutions proposed is that the government should extend financial incentives to impoverished women who use contraceptive devices . This is believed to have a high probability of working , and may cause for a decline on the rate of poverty by controlling the household size and the over-all society population (Perales and Young 27 . However , the proposal remains controversial as it may directly affect the reproductive status of many poor...