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2015 CPS Poverty Table: POV-24. Reason For Not Working or Reason For Spending Time Out of the Labor Force--Poverty Status of People Who Did Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force

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2015 CPS Poverty Table: POV-24. Reason For Not Working or Reason For Spending Time Out of the Labor Force--Poverty Status of People Who Did Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force

Poverty Status in 2014

The CPS 2015 Annual Social and Economic Supplement asked participants to report their poverty status for 2014.

Note: In years prior to 2019, estimates for male and female unrelated individual householders include individuals living in group quarters. Data users should exercise caution when interpreting these estimates and making comparisons across time periods. For details, please contact 301-763-3213.

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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.

Page Last Revised - December 16, 2021

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