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Absolute poverty

A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.

Achieved status

A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.

Activity theory

An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.

In a legal sense, a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights, responsibilities, and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.

Affirmative action

Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.