A common term for often resource poor societies that continue to observe premodern ways of life work and worship often associated often associated with high infant mortality rates, low life expectancy, poverty, illiteracy, hunger, and lack of basic medical services is:.

traditional societies.

Explanation:

One of the importance of sociology studies is that it used in the studying of how human beings behave individually or collectively in a society. And this is the reason the concept of traditional societies is part of the studies sociologists do study. Sociologists also recognises other society such as Industrial societies and post-Industrial societies which are part of the colonial society.

The traditional societies is based on old traditions or customs that have been existing since. The traditional societies is also refer to as a small scale society.