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History of Poverty Thresholds

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The Development and History of the U.S. Poverty Thresholds — A Brief Overview by Gordon M. Fisher, Department of Health and Human Services

How Many Americans Were Really in Poverty in 1947? Estimates of the U.S. Poverty Population Between 1947 and 1963 Under Two Contemporary (1949 and 1959) Definitions of Poverty

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Information on Poverty and Income Statistics Tables

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Figure 1. Poverty Rate of All Persons Year Number of persons below poverty Percent of persons below poverty SOURCE: U.S.

Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty

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Some Popular Beliefs About the U.S. Poverty Line as Reflected in Inquiries from the Public

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by Gordon M. Fisher, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [The Sociologist [Newsletter of the District of Columbia Sociological Society], Vol. 30, No. 2, October 1996 [p. 6]]

Selected Articles and Papers by Mollie Orshansky About the Poverty Thresholds and the Poverty Population

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(A chronological bibliography of Orshansky's publications is also available.) Mollie Orshansky, "Children of the Poor"*, Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 7, July 1963, pp. 3-13.

Poverty Research Centers: FY 2011 Awards

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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.

"Is Everything Relative?" The Role of Equivalence Scales in Poverty Measurement

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Poverty Lines and Measures of Income Inadequacy in the United States Since 1870: Collecting and Using a Little-Known Body of Historical Material

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by Gordon M. Fisher A paper presented October 17, 1997, at the 22nd Meeting of the Social Science History Association Washington, D.C. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not represent the position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Effect of Home Ownership on Poverty Measurement

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Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Updating the Poverty Threshold

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Financial Condition and Health Care Burdens of People in Deep Poverty

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Americans living at the bottom of the income distribution often struggle to meet their basic needs on very limited incomes, even with the added assistance of government programs.

Financial Condition and Health Care Burdens of People in Deep Poverty

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Americans living at the bottom of the income distribution often struggle to meet their basic needs on very limited incomes, even with the added assistance of government programs.

Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy: Challenges in Definition and Measurement

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  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

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

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50-Year Trends and Safety Net Impacts Report

Low-Income Men at the Margins Caught at the Intersection of Race, Place, and Poverty

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Low-Income Men at the Margins Caught at the Intersection of Race, Place, and Poverty

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National Poverty Research Center FY 2007 - Announcement of Award

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Announcement of Award of Fiscal Year 2007

National and Area Poverty Research Centers, FY 2005: Announcement

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Announcement of Award of Fiscal Year 2005

National and Area Poverty Research Centers, FY 2002: Announcement

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The Department announced on October 4, 2002, $2.3 million in cooperative agreements 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. The grantee for the national center is the University of Michigan.