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Immigration Bolsters U.S. Housing Market

December 01, 1997

This brief analyzes homeownership among the U.S. foreign-born population to determine if immigrants have been as successful as the native-born.

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The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1995 (Update)

December 1997

This report notifies the public that detailed tabulations of the civilian noninstitutional Hispanic population are available.

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The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1996 (Update)

December 1997

This report notifies the public that detailed tabulations of the civilian noninstitutional Hispanic population are available.

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Geographical Mobility: March 1995 to March 1996

November 1997

This report analyzes migration in the U.S. between 1995 and 1996 using the Current Population Survey and provides detailed tables.

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Fertility of American Women: June 1995 (Update)

October 1997

Detailed tabulations are now available which provide fertility statistics by selected characteristics for women 15 to 44 years old in the United States.

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The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the U.S.: March 1996

October 01, 1997

This report notifies the public that detailed tabulations of the civilian noninstitutional Asian and Pacific Islander population are available.

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America's Children at Risk

September 01, 1997

This brief reports findings on how American children are doing in relation to six of these risk factors, including poverty, welfare, and absent parents.

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Health Insurance Coverage: 1996

September 01, 1997

This report presents data on the health insurance coverage status of persons in the United States during the 1996 calendar year.

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Money Income in the United States: 1996

September 01, 1997

This report presents data on the income of households, families, and persons in the United States for calendar year 1996 and compares them with those for 1995.

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Poverty in the United States: 1996

September 1997

This report presents data for calendar year 1996 on the social and economic characteristics of the population living below the poverty level.

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Working Paper

The Development of the Orshansky Poverty Thresholds

September 1997

This paper first describes how Orshansky developed the poverty thresholds.

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Working Paper

The Case of Out-Of-Pocket Medical Expenditures

August 05, 1997

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is the premiere data source for computing poverty using the proposed alternative measurement methods.

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Working Paper

An Overview of Poverty Lines in the United States from 1904 to 1965

August 1997

To study the history of American poverty lines, one must be familiar with the concept of the "standard budget."

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Working Paper

Valuing Housing Subsidies in a New Measure of Poverty Using the CPS

August 1997

It is intuitively obvious that adding near-cash equivalents to cash income reduces the poverty rate.

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The Black Population in the United States: March 1996 (Update)

June 01, 1997

This report notifies the public that detailed tabulations of the civilian noninstitutional Black population in the United States are available.

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Working Paper

Changing the Way the United States Measures Income and Poverty

May 1997

This paper discusses alternative definitions of income and considerations in measuring poverty.

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Working Paper

Who's at Risk? Designing a Medical Care Risk Index

May 01, 1997

This paper strives to operationalize the concept of a Medical Care Risk Index and recommend an approach for computing the index.

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1995 School Enrollment Social and Economic Characteristics of Students

April 1997

This publication School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1995 (Update) is from CPS.

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How We're Changing; Demographic State of the Nation: 1997

March 1997

This report provides a two-color illustrated overview giving data on selected topics.

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Working Paper

Experimental Poverty Measurement for the 1990’s

February 09, 1997

The purpose of this paper is to report on operationalizing the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Panel’s basic proposed procedure in a test environment.

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Working Paper

A Small-Area View of Poverty from the Panel

1997

The current small-area estimates program stems form the 1994 amendments to the Elementry and Seconday Education Act.

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Aging in the United States – Past, Present, and Future

1997

The progressive growth of the elderly (age 65 and over) population and the future influence of the Baby-Boom generation (persons bom between 1946 and 1964).

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Children's Health Insurance: 1995

1997

This page provides information, including tables and graphs, on children's health insurance.

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Working Paper

Income Measurement Error in Surveys: A Review

1997

Because income data are germane to a wide array of important policy issues, income questions are almost ubiquitous in government-sponsored surveys.

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Working Paper

Methods Used for Small Area Poverty and Income Estimates

1997

Existing postcensal estimates of poverty and income at the county level are considered inadequate for various reasons.

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