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2012 CPS Poverty Table: POV-40. Age, Sex, Household Relationship, by Region and Residence--Ratio of Income to Poverty Level

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2012 CPS Poverty Table: POV-40. Age, Sex, Household Relationship, by Region and Residence--Ratio of Income to Poverty Level

Poverty Status in 2011

The CPS 2012 Annual Social and Economic Supplement asked participants to report their poverty status for 2011.

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For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see //www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsmar12.pdf [PDF - <1.0 MB].

CPS Poverty Tables Footnotes
Poverty in the United States is measured by comparing family income with one of 48 poverty thresholds--the dollar amounts used to determine who is poor.
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