Poverty: A Choice?

First glance at this question, I was like "Of course not! What?!!" But, then I realized that this question is rather difficult. Very general, I do not think poverty is a choice. I believe that the decisions that people make that lead them into poverty are a choice. But, think about it. Not everyone makes mistakes to land in their poverty, some people are born into it. In that particular circumstance, poverty isn't a choice at all. It becomes that persons lifestyle. I wonder a person born in poverty would feel like they were in poverty. If nothing is all they've known all their life, then would they really look at their life as the outside world does? Would they see themselves as poor or misfortunate? I digress. People can make the choice to get out of poverty but, considering their current circumstance, that would obviously be easier said than done. Then, you have your set of people who have done things probably knowing the consequences and then ending up in poverty. Those would be the people who abuse drugs and alcohol. Someone could be in poverty because they lost their job thus, losing their house. That wasn't a choice they made. I really don't know. I think it's very important to establish what poverty is physically and morally. Once the world has agreed on a definition (we don't agree on anything) then I'll have a straightforward answer.