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Chapter 2: Household Income and Poverty
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Overview of Community Characteristics in Areas With Concentrated Poverty
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Prepared By: Erica E. Meade
Change in Poverty by Select Demographic Groups: 2007–2012
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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.
Change in Child Poverty by Selected Demographic Characteristics: 2007-2012
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This brief analyzes and summarizes changes in child poverty from 2007-2012. Cited statistics include changes in the poverty rate and number of children in poverty by age, race and ethnicity, family type, and immigrant generation.
Change in Child Poverty by Select Demographic Characteristics: 2007-2012
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Since the Great Recession poverty has increased overall and particularly for children. Nearly all of the increase in child poverty occurred between 2007 and 2010 with the national rate rising by 3.8 percentage points, as shown by the orange bars (from 18.0 percent to 21.8 percent). In 2011 and 2012 the national poverty rate leveled off with little change, as shown by the green bars.
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
Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy: Challenges in Definition and Measurement
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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 policy. [45 PDF pages]
Low-Income Men at the Margins Caught at the Intersection of Race, Place, and Poverty
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Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits
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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 two years following their poverty exit.
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
Information on the Supplemental Poverty Measure - A Summary of 2013 Current Population Survey Data
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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.
Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data
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This brief analyzes and summarizes the poverty rates for various populations in the United States. Cited statistics include changes in the poverty rate and number of children in poverty by age, race and ethnicity, and family type.
Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data
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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.