Dynamics of Economic Well-Being, Poverty 1993-94

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being, Poverty 1993-94: Trap Door? Revolving Door? Or Both?

July 1998

Report Number P70-63

Mary Naifeh

Tables

Table 1 - Average Monthly Poverty, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Table 2 - Persons Poor 2 or More Months, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Table 3 - Persons Poor Each Month of 1993 and 1994, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Table 4 - Spells of Poverty [<1.0 MB]

Table 5 - Transitions Into and Out of Poverty [<1.0 MB]

Table C-9 - Standard Errors of Survival Rates and Median Spell Durations [<1.0 MB]

Others in Series

TABLE | MAY 1992

Health Insurance Coverage 1987-1990

These tables present data on health insurance coverage in the United States from 1987 to 1990.

TABLE | JUNE 1996

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1992-1993

About 21.6% of people who were poor in 1992 were not poor in 1993. Children and the elderly were less likely to exit poverty than nonelderly adults.

TABLE | JULY 2003

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty 1996-1999

On average, 40.9 million people were poor in a given month in 1996, a poverty rate of 15.5%. By 1999, the number fell to 34.8 million, a poverty rate of 12.8%.

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