Which of these is not a critique of attempts to measure relative deprivation ?

A. it may be choice not poverty that means some people do not qualify for some of the items on a deprivation index

B. the personal experience of poverty is not the concern of sociologists

C. the subjective nature of such indices means it is difficult to make comparisons between different studies and time periods

D. there is an arbitrary nature to how items are selected for a deprivation index

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