The phrase "levels of impoverishment" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when discussing the varying degrees of poverty or financial hardship that people may experience. For example: - "The government's economic policies have significantly decreased the levels of impoverishment in the country." - "Studies have shown that there are different levels of impoverishment, from extreme poverty to relative poverty." - "The charity organization's goal is to alleviate the levels of impoverishment in developing countries."
Moreover, data show that in a number of metropolitan areas, American Indians have levels of impoverishment that rival some of the nation's poorest reservations.
The levels of impoverishment and economic ruin in strip-mined coalfields areas rival those prior to the War on Poverty.
[ 7, 8] Ethnographic studies have further demonstrated high levels of impoverishment and social suffering faced by widows [ 1].
There is some evidence stemming from econometric and demographic studies undertaken during the 1990s suggesting that widows face an increased mortality and higher levels of impoverishment.
However, the financial protection afforded by NCMS is not strong enough to prevent continuing high levels of impoverishment and CHE in households with chronic diseases.
Higher levels of impoverishment have been reported in other African countries especially those which, like Uganda, depend heavily on private health financing through out-of-pocket payments [ 41- 44].
A high level of impoverishment is known to drive vulnerable groups in society, like women into adopting HRSB like transactional sex in order to secure survival for either themselves or their children.
Such OOP health expenditures have been associated with significant numbers of households incurring catastrophic levels of spending, and impoverishment: a study for 116 countries showed that globally each year healthcare payments pushed 100 million into poverty, and an estimated 150 million people exceeding a threshold (catastrophic) ratio of health spending to household's 'capacity to pay' [ 1].
As highlighted by these data, a patient seeking medical care for RTI in India faces the consequence of being in a health system noted for incurring high OOP payments in both public and private hospitals, and for a higher risk of impoverishment at household level due to RTI-related spending [ 10, 11].
Genes that were found to be differentially expressed in a song nucleus relative to surrounding brain tissue were further scored on a subjective scale consisting of either one or two up- or down-arrows indicating the approximate level of enrichment (or impoverishment) in song nuclei.
The costs though have been a shrinking economy, widespread impoverishment and devastating levels of unemployment.
