The most common way of measuring poverty today is to use an income-based poverty line and ascertain the numbers below it.如今衡量贫困最常用的方法是划定一条基于收入的贫困线, 并确定有多少人收入在此之下。

Thirteen per cent of the population live below the poverty line.13%的人口生活在贫困线以下。

Some redistribution of income is necessary if families are to be kept above the poverty line.如果要使各家庭都生活在贫困线以上, 那就需要进行收入的再分配。