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PART 1 - What it means to be poor

PART 2 - What causes poverty?

PART 3 - Who are the poor?

PART 4 - Who's doing what?

PART 5 - What does the future hold?

Disclaimer: The OSU Extension Service published "A Portrait of Poverty in Oregon" in Winter 2000. Some of the information may be outdated. Extension continues to provide this material online because much of its content is timeless or of historical significance.

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