this trend is also seen although not as clearly in the nextrichest group whereas in the poorest group of countries the unemployment rales for the poor and the nonpoor are quite similar the percentage of people without proper access to drinking water is below in the lowpoverty countries hovers around in the countries with somewhat high and somewhat low poverty rates and stands at in those that have high poverty rates these differences are not necessarily as stark however when the comparison is limited to lowincome households