Topics: Economics and Personal Finances, Socioeconomic Class. 1  Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center. 2  Rakesh Kochhar is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
In the United States, the Census Bureau determines who is poor using an economic poverty measure, by calculating official poverty estimates using a set of dollar-value thresholds, or minimum amount of income needed to meet basic needs, that vary by family size and composition.
A risk is knowing that some people steal from stores. A risk behavior is going to stores and shoplifting. A risk is not paying attention to your body and managing the appetite for food responsibly. A risk behavior is over-eating or starving yourself to manage your emotional needs.isk behavior is behavior or other factor that places a person at  risk for disease. These disease can include HIV/AIDS, diabetes,  cancer, etc.