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Working Paper

Measuring Poverty: Issues and Approaches

December 14, 1995

Formal measurement of poverty in the United States is less than three decades old.

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Working Paper

Have Our Methods of Poverty Measurement Blinded Us to Who is Poor?

November 1995

Conventional wisdom in poverty research states that children are at greater risk of being poor than are the elderly.

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Publication

The Nation’s Asian and Pacific Islander Population — 1994

November 1995

This brief explores the Asian and Pacific Islander population, how their situation has changed, and how their condition compares with the White population.

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Publication

Health Insurance Coverage—1994

October 01, 1995

This report presents the percentage of persons covered by health insurance by type of coverage and by some social and economic characteristics.

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Working Paper

Aspects of Survey and Model-Based Postcensal Estimation

August 1995

Congress has charged the Census Bureau with the responsibility to develop postcensal estimates of basic income and poverty statistics by state, and county.

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Publication

Child Support for Custodial Mothers and Fathers: 1991

August 1995

This report provides information on the receipt of child support payments in 1991 by parents living with their own children whose other parents are absent.

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Publication

Fertility of American Women: June 1994

August 1995

This report provides detailed statistics on fertility and socioeconomic characteristics of American women 15 to 44 years old.

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Publication

Geographical Mobility: March 1993 to March 1994

August 1995

This report analyzes migration in the U.S. between 1993 and 1994 using the Current Population Survey and provides detailed tables.

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Publication

Population Profile of the United States: 1995

July 1995

This report presents, in succinct style and accompanied by illustrative graphs and tables, information on a variety of demographic, social, and economic topics.

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Working Paper

Do Proposed Revisions of the Poverty Measure Matter for Rural America?

July 1995

The current official poverty measure was developed about 30 years ago, and has remained almost unchanged, except for inflation adjustments, up to the present.

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Publication

Who Receives Child Support?

June 1995

This brief looks at mothers who receive child support and for the first time, we also present information on fathers who receive it.

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Publication

Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits: 1993

February 01, 1995

This report presents data on income and poverty of persons, families, and households in the United States for the calendar year 1993.

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Working Paper

Developing Postcensal Income and Poverty Estimates for all US Counties

1995

The Census Bureau and a consortium of other Federal Agencies initiated a project to provide postcensal estimates of income and poverty for small areas.

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Working Paper

Developing and Testing Race and Ethnic Origin Questions for the CPS

1995

The Office of Management and Budget's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 is the standard which federal agencies must use to report race and ethnic origin.

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Working Paper

Diagnostics for Redesigning Survey Questionnaires

1995

Between 1986 and 1993, a program of questionnaire design and cognitive research was conducted by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Working Paper

Sampling Error Modelling of Poverty and Income Statistics for States

1995

This paper develops models for sampling error co-variance matrices of estimates of age group poverty rates, median income, and per capita income.

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Working Paper

Some Effects of Gender on the Meaning of "Work"

1995

This paper empirically analyzes effects of gender on the public's interpretations of various activities as "work."

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