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SAIPE Methodology
SAIPE Methodology
SAIPE revises and improves our methodology as time and resources allow. The details of the methodology differ slightly from year to year. The most significant change was between 2004 and 2005, when SAIPE began using data from the American Community Survey, rather than from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
The SAIPE model has two distinct components:
- state and county estimates, and
- school district estimates.
School district estimates sum to county estimates, county estimates sum to state estimates, and state estimates sum to the national estimate.
2021 Estimation Procedure Changes
View changes in the estimation procedures used for school district, county, and state poverty estimates for 2021 relative to the procedures used for 2020.
2010 - 2021 County-Level Estimation Details
For the 2010 estimates, the only change in methodology was the incorporation of population estimates based on the decennial 2010 counts.
2010 - 2021 Overview of School District Estimates
This page describes statistical and geographic inputs to the SAIPE programs estimation of school district-level poverty for children ages 5 to 17 in families.
2010 - 2021 State-Level Estimation Detail
View state estimation model details and changes for the years 2010-2021.
Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021
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