在过去的十年里,贫困问题日益受到社会学家们的关注。消除贫困已成为社会经济政策的主要目标之一。用于区分贫穷和非贫穷的标准,在计量贫困时起着关键性的作用。本文主要就贫困的定义和计量方法作一概述。贫困线是一种收入水准,低于该水准的称为穷人,高于该水准的则称为非穷人。贫困的定义大致可分为绝对定义和相对定义两种。 In the past decade, the problem of poverty has drawn increasing attention from the sociologists. Eradicating poverty has become one of the main goals of socio-economic policies. The criteria used to differentiate between poverty and non-poverty play a crucial role in measuring poverty. This article mainly gives an overview of the definition and measurement of poverty. The poverty line is a level of income below which poor people are called, and above that level are called non-poor. The definition of poverty can be broadly divided into absolute definition and relative definition.