Poverty in Young and Middle Adulthood

POVERTY IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULT
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Poverty in the young and middle adulthood is a cycle that is passed from one generation to another. Poverty is attributed to various difficulties. They include lack of quality education, lack of proper healthcare, child labor, and lack of quality hygiene (Lewis, 2011). The main reason for the lack of quality education is unemployment and low earnings in these families.
Several experiences are related to poverty in these two groups of people in the community. One of them is drug and substance abuse. Young people abuse drugs are to cope up with the hard life that is caused by unemployment and desperation (Roux, 2011). Another experience is accidents that are caused by poor working conditions in both the agricultural sectors and industrial sectors. Young people do not afford quality and adequate protective gears, and they are thus exposed to harmful exposures that can lead to poisoning and.
From my opinion poverty comes from individual characteristics. Many needy individuals are lazy, and thus hard work is key in alleviating poverty among many young people and middle adults (Lewis, 2011). They need to be very committed to acquiring the necessary skills that are required for one to obtain basic needs like quality housing, healthy foods, and proper medical care.

There are three main aspects of this theory in which are seen to be the main causes of poverty. These aspects include the lack of money, limited access to facilities and the lack of good governance.

Lack of money is where people have inadequate income that is necessary to provide their basic needs (Kiefe, 2011). Poverty to access is where the people require access to basic facilities like good infrastructure. The last one is the poverty of power where the individuals require good governance. The most problematic aspect is the aspect of governance. Where there is poor governance poverty will always prevail due to lack of access to quality infrastructure and also money. Where there is poor governance, for instance, taxes are high, and it becomes difficult to accumulate income.
In conclusion, poverty among the young and the middle adulthood has become a problem that needs to be addressed with urgency. The address of the issue should start from the individual level to the government level.
References
Boone-Heinonen, J., Roux, A. V. D., Kiefe, C. I., Lewis, C. E., Guilkey, D. K., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2011). Neighbourhood socioeconomic status predictors of physical activity through young to middle adulthood: the CARDIA study. Social science & medicine, 72(5), 641-649.