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Poverty has been one of the most important social problems throughout history, and it still is one of the most important social problems today. Studies on poverty show that poverty is a multidimensional problem. Economic, social, political, and cultural factors are of great importance in the study of social events. Each social problem gains a different meaning and perspective in its own circumstances. Each group that experiences poverty in a different way will define and perceive it differently depending on the circumstances. In this study, it has been tried to understand how university students define poverty in their own terms. Phenomenology was used as the research design in the study, which was carried out with the qualitative research method. The data were collected at the campuses of a Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit university between March 2022 and April 2022. 90 university students voluntarily participated in the study. As a result of the research, it has been seen that university students construct poverty with three categories that we call “Indicator of Poverty”, “Basic Needs” and “Source of Poverty”. In addition, it was understood in the study that university students did not evaluate poverty only from an economic point of view. It was concluded that in addition to economic poverty, students evaluated poverty in terms of social relations, social activities, social functions of the family, happiness, peace, goals and dreams they wanted to achieve.

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