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Poverty Estimates, Trends, and Analysis

Poverty Estimates, Trends, and Analysis

People and families are considered poor when they lack the economic resources necessary to experience a minimal living standard. Official U.S. Census Bureau statistics estimate that 40 million persons, 12.3 percent of the total population, were poor in the United States in 2017. The topic of poverty is widely considered a cause for national action
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Historical and Projected Trends In Medicaid

Historical and Projected Trends In Medicaid

This paper presents data on the current state of Medicaid, the nation's program providing health and long-term care services to low-income families, elderly, and disabled individuals. The paper reports both historical and projected trends in Medicaid enrollment and spending. Information is presented on trends by major Medicaid eligibility catego
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Poverty in the United States: 50-Year Trends and

Poverty in the United States: 50-Year Trends and Safety Net Impacts

50-Year Trends and Safety Net Impacts Report Poverty in the United States: 50-Year Trends and Safety Net Impacts presents analyses of the impact of the safety net on poverty rates and a close look at populations experiencing high risks of poverty during the 50 years since the War on Poverty began.
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Poverty in the United States: 50-Year Trends and

Poverty in the United States: 50-Year Trends and Safety Net Impacts

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National Trends in the Child SSI Program

National Trends in the Child SSI Program

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Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty

Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty

This project addressed transition events associated with people entering and exiting poverty using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The study found that poverty entries and exits changed over the past two decades, with an increase in both poverty entries and exits (i.e.,
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Further Resources on Poverty Measurement, Poverty

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 .
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Cost of Teenage Childbearing: Current Trends

Cost of Teenage Childbearing: Current Trends

This article discusses the cost of teenage childbearing as estimated by the Center for Population Options (CPO). The single-year cost for all families originating from a teen birth is estimated at approximately $25 billion in 1990, up from $16.6 billion in 1985. The rapid increase in expenditures related to adolescent childbearing is considered a
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Cost of Teenage Childbearing: Current Trends

ASPE Research Notes

INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS
FOCUS ON: Teen Births Issued August 1992

Cost of Teenage Childbearing: Current Trends

PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1992/rn03.pdf (5 PDF pages)

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Poverty Research Centers: FY 2011 Awards

Poverty Research Centers: FY 2011 Awards

Announcement of Award of Fiscal Year 2011 The Department announced on September 29th $2.4 million in grants to support continued research and evaluation of important and emerging social policy issues associated with the nature, causes, correlates, and effects of income dynamics, poverty, individual and family functioning, and child well-being.
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Economic Opportunity and the Opioid Crisis:

Economic Opportunity and the Opioid Crisis: Geographic and Economic Trends

This study examines relationships between indicators of economic opportunity and the prevalence of prescription opioids and substance use in the United States. We have three primary findings: The prevalence of drug overdose deaths and opioid prescriptions has risen unevenly across the county, with rural areas more heavily impacted. Specific g
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2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum

2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum

The 2020 Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum was held virtually on September 9, 2020 and September 16, 2020.
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Counting Persons in Poverty on the Current

Counting Persons in Poverty on the Current Population Survey

This paper explains differences between the counts of persons in poverty as published by the Census and the counts one gets when doing a simple tabulation of the public use CPS file.
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Counting Persons in Poverty on the Current

Counting Persons in Poverty on the Current Population Survey

This paper explains differences between the counts of persons in poverty as published by the Census Bureau, and the counts one gets when doing a simple tabulation of the public use CPS file. (ASPE Research Notes, Volume 20) [5 PDF pages]
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Overview of Community Characteristics in Area

Overview of Community Characteristics in Area With Concentrated Poverty

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Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following

Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits

This report examines the employment patterns and income progression of single mothers and their families for two years after they exit poverty. The study found that 30 percent of single mothers were poor but then left poverty. Work effort was high among single mothers who left poverty: on average they worked for three-quarters of the subsequent tw
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Percentage of People in Poverty, Using the

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
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Trends in the Well-Being of America's

Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth, 1996

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Trends in the Well-Being of America's

Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth, 1998

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Trends in AFDC and Food Stamp Benefits: 1972-1994

ASPE Research Notes

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FOCUS ON: Family Issues Issued May 1995

Trends in AFDC and Food Stamp Benefits: 1972-1994

PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1995/rn13.pdf (5 PDF pages)

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