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Further Resources on Poverty Measurement, Poverty Lines, and Their History
Return to Poverty Guidelines Poverty Estimates, Trends, and Analysis
Introduction
This page includes resources on the two slightly different versions of the U.S. (federal) poverty measure: the
poverty thresholds and the poverty guidelines .
Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: an Overview
Policy makers use national surveys to paint a picture of the U.S. population along a variety of dimensions. If major surveys are equally successful in capturing income, then, for the same time period, populations and income types, consistently defined income estimates and poverty rates across surveys will be highly similar varying somewhat due
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Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: an Overview
Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: An Overview
Final Report
Prepared by:
Gabrielle Denmead 1 , Joan Turek 2 , Brian James 2 , and Sameer Desale 2 Joan Turek < joan.turek@hhs.gov > 3 August 9, 2008
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Poverty Guidelines
U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines Used to Determine Financial Eligibility for Certain Federal Programs
HHS Poverty Guidelines for 2021
The 2021 poverty guidelines are in effect as of January 13, 2021 Federal Register Notice, February 1, 2021 - Full text .
Poverty Research
Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
Information on the Supplemental Poverty Measure - A Summary of 2013 Current Population Survey Data
The brief summarizes findings from the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure report for 2013. The brief highlights SPM levels for the most recent year, changes from the previous year and historical trends. SPM estimates are compared to estimates of the official poverty measure. The brief also presents the anti-poverty effects of select s
ib_spm.pdf
Supplemental Poverty Measure Brief: 2009-2012
This brief summarizes data released by the Census Bureau on the research supplemental poverty measure. Cited statistics include poverty rates from 2009-2012 using both the official poverty measure and the supplemental poverty measure; the anti-poverty effectiveness of select social safety net programs for all persons and children 0-17; changes in
ib_supplepoverty.pdf
Supplemental Poverty Measure Brief: 2009-2012
This brief summarizes data released by the Census Bureau on the research supplemental poverty measure. Cited statistics include poverty rates from 2009-2012 using both the official poverty measure and the supplemental poverty measure; the anti-poverty effectiveness of select social safety net programs for all persons and children 0-17; changes in
ib_supplepoverty.pdf
Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy: Challenges in Definition and Measurement
This report reviews the definitions and measures of assets and asset poverty in existing theoretical and empirical studies and suggests ways to make them more relevant for future research and policy development. In doing so, the report establishes a conceptual foundation for an emerging field of inquiry that focuses on the role of assets in social
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Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy: Challenges in Definition and Measurement
Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households
Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy: Challenges in Definition and Measurement
December 2008
By: Yunju Nam, Jin Huang, and Michael Sherraden Center for Social Development Washington University in Saint Louis
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America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure
This research brief examines child poverty in 2010 using both the official poverty measure that the Census Bureau has been using since the 1960s and the more recent Research Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
rb_amerchildpoverty.pdf
Percentage of People in Poverty, Using the Alternative Poverty Measure, 1967-2012
The figure above presents alternative poverty trends, first based on the actual definition of resources (the solid line) and then excluding safety net resources (dotted line). The role of transfers is clearly pronounced during the recent Great Recession. Without taxes and transfers, poverty would have risen from 23.6 percent to 28.7 percent (5.1 p
America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure
This research brief examines child poverty in 2010 using both the official poverty measure that the Census Bureau has been using since the 1960’s and the more recent Research Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). It examines three groups of children – the “core” poor who live in families who are poor regardless of which measure is used, the
rb_amerchildpoverty.pdf
Percentage of People in Poverty, Using the Alternative Poverty Measure, 1967-2012
Note: Transfers include SNAP, housing subsidies, school lunch, LIHEAP, WIC, EITC and stimulus payments, cash welfare, SSI, Social Security, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation, and veteran’s payments.
Source: Calculations by ASPE based on the Current Population Survey, as augmented by the Columbia Population Research Center, 1968 t
