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Who are the Poor? Using Different Measures
Who are the Poor? Using Different Measures
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Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers (SEHSD)Technical Documentation of Intermediate Tables for Improved ImputationTechnical Documentation of Intermediate Tables for Improved Imputation of Tax Credits
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Working PaperRevisions to the Methodology for Estimating Monthly Poverty RatesThis paper discusses a methodology for estimating monthly poverty rates for the United States.
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Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers (SEHSD)Measuring Poverty Subannually in the United States: A Methodology NoteThis paper discusses a methodology for estimating monthly poverty rates for the United States.
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Working PaperChanges in Poverty MeasurementExplores trends in the gender disparities in poverty status and describes the impact of using an alternative poverty measure.
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Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers (SEHSD)Evaluating Child Well-Being Using a New Measure of PovertyUsing the current official measure of poverty, child poverty rates continue to surpass those of others.
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Working PaperComparing Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds and Family BudgetsThe Census Bureau reports on the SPM compared income-to-poverty‐threshold ratios using the official and the SPM.
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Working PaperSupplemental Poverty Measure: SIPP 2004This paper describes in some detail the challenge of changing and moving the measurement of poverty in the CPS to measuring poverty in the SIPP.
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Working PaperExamining the Incidence and Depth of Poverty in the U.S. 2012This paper expands on information about estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. reported earlier (Short, 2012).
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Working PaperWho is Poor? A New Look with the Supplemental Poverty MeasureThis paper lays the groundwork for preparing estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. at the Census Bureau.
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Working PaperAn Examination of Retirement Income for the 65+ PopulationEvery several years the SIPP is supplemented by a topical module which measures the retirement income and retirement plan coverage of the population.
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Working PaperUnderstanding Income-to-Threshold Ratios Using the SPMThis paper presents additional information about “moderate” income individuals with resources between 1 and 2 times the SPM thresholds.
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Working PaperPoverty in the U.S. Taking Account of Taxes and Transfers in 2010This paper expands on information about estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. reported earlier.
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Working PaperUsing the ACS to Implement a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)For solving missing data issues, this paper examines how the data in the CPS ASEC might be used to inform ACS imputations.
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Working PaperChanging the Face of Poor Lone MothersThis paper analyzes how changes in poverty measurement affect the poverty rate of lone mother families.
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Working PaperPoverty in the U.S. Taking Account of Taxes and Transfers in 2011This paper expands on information about estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. reported earlier (Short, 2012).
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Working PaperUsing SNAP Administrative Records to Evaluate Poverty MeasurementIn this paper, we link state SNAP administrative records to the CPS ASEC to examine two main outcomes related to poverty measurement.
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Working PaperUsing SNAP Admin Records and TRIM3 to Evaluate Poverty MeasurementIn this paper, we link state SNAP administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine two outcomes related to poverty measurement.
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Working PaperDeconstructing Poverty Rates among the 65 and Older PopulationThis paper investigates the underlying causes and explanations of the first increase in 6 years in poverty among individuals aged 65 and over using the SPM.
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Working PaperUsing SNAP Admin Records and TRIM3 to Evaluate Poverty MeasurementIn this poster, we link state SNAP administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine two outcomes related to poverty measurement.
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Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers (SEHSD)Evaluating Poverty with a Different MeasureThis paper describes and compares the poverty population under several different experimental measures of poverty.
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Working PaperDefining and Redefining PovertyIn 1995 the NAS Panel released a report, Measuring Poverty: A New Approach , which offered recommendations for improving the official poverty measure.
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Working PaperDeveloping Poverty Thresholds Using Expenditure DataIn this paper, we examine each five issues, focusing on the data and methodological issues related to the estimation of thresholds using CE data.
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Working PaperHave Our Methods of Poverty Measurement Blinded Us to Who is Poor?Conventional wisdom in poverty research states that children are at greater risk of being poor than are the elderly.
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Working PaperDo Proposed Revisions of the Poverty Measure Matter for Rural America?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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Working PaperSupplemental Poverty Measure: Preliminary Estimates for 2008This paper lays the groundwork for preparing estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. at the Census Bureau.
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Working PaperExperimental Modern Poverty Measures 2007This paper presents some new developments in the experimental poverty measure series prepared by the Census Bureau.
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Working PaperUsing SNAP and TANF Admin Records to Evaluate Poverty MeasurementIn this paper, we link SNAP and TANF administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine outcomes related to poverty measurement.
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Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers (SEHSD)Application of Experimental Poverty Measures to the AgedThis article examines poverty among persons aged 65 or older under experimental measures, which are based on a 1995 report released by the NAC.
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