for the nonindigent poor the figure was and it was even lower in the two other groups for the atrisk group and for those not at risk these data point up the complexity of the situation to be addressed by antipoverty policies in the broad sense of the term when dealing with sectors where ethnic identity is a significant factor since in these cases policy initiatives have to focus on basic needs satisfaction recognition and social and cultural inclusiveness at one and the same time among the indigent and the nonindigent poor minors up to years of age make up and respectively which means that children account for nearly half of the poor population