

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 1998. Economic Security Risk Factor 7. Pre-transfer and Posttransfer Poverty Rates
Trends in the pre- and post-transfer rates of poverty which show the anti-poverty effectiveness of social security and of the major means-tested assistance program benefits.
Figure ECON 7. Poverty Rate of All Persons in Families with Related Children Under 18 Using Alternative Definitions of Income, 1979-1996