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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, 20th Report to Congress
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This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2018 for most indicators and through 2019 for other indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
Measures of Material Hardship
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Content The Value of Hardship Measures Defining and Measuring Hardship Material Hardship Indexes Measuring Hardship Using the SIPP Unanswered Questions for Future Research
Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, 21st Report to Congress
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This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2019 for most indicators and through 2020 for other indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
From Hunter to Orshansky: An Overview of (Unofficial) Poverty Lines in the United States from 1904 to 1965 — Summary
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Gordon M. Fisher
(202)690-6143
March 1994
22nd Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors Report to Congress
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This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2019 for most indicators and through 2020 for other indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
Announcement of the Availability of Funds and Request for Applications for a Cooperative Agreement(s) to Establish a National Poverty Research Center
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) This Announcement is CLOSED as of July 16, 2007
Information on the Supplemental Poverty Measure - A Summary of 2013 Current Population Survey Data (October 2014)
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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 Research Supplemental Poverty Measure. A Summary of 2012 Current Population Survey Data
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The Census Bureau recently released data on the research supplemental poverty measure (SPM) indicating that 16.1 percent of the U.S. population in 2011 was poor, representing 49.7 million individuals. This compares to 15.1 percent of the U.S.
Information on Research Supplemental Poverty Measure. A Summary of 2012 Current Population Survey Data
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This ASPE Issue Brief provides information on the research Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) calculated by the Census Bureau. In 2011, 16.1 percent of the U.S. population was poor using the SPM, representing 49.7 million individuals. This compares to 15.1 percent of the U.S. population, or 46.6 million individuals, under the official measure.
Poverty Estimates in the ACS and Other Income Surveys: What is the Impact of Methodology
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Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2011 Current Population Survey Data
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This brief summarizes information on income and poverty in 2010, based on data released by the Census Bureau. Cited statistics include median household income in 2010, the number and rate of all persons in poverty, children in poverty, all persons and children under 50% of the poverty th
Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2011 Current Population Survey Data
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This brief summarizes information on income and poverty in 2010, based on data released by the Census Bureau. Cited statistics include median household income in 2010, the number and rate of all persons in poverty, children in poverty, all persons and children under 50% of the poverty threshold, and African-American and Hispanic children in poverty from 2000 to 2010.
Relative or Absolute — New Light on the Behavior of Poverty Lines Over Time
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Gordon M. Fisher, Department of Health and Human Services
[GSS/SSS Newsletter [Newsletter of the Government Statistics Section and the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association], Summer 1996, pp. 10-12]
Reasons for Measuring Poverty in the United States in the Context of Public Policy — A Historical Review, 1916-1995
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The views expressed in this paper are those of the authorand do not represent the position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. August 1999, revised June 2000
Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2012 Current Population Survey Data
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Environmental Scan of Programs and Policies Addressing Health Disparities Among Rural Children in Poverty
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About 12.9 million children live in rural communities, where they are more likely than their nonrural peers to experience health problems associated with their environment, their socioeconomic status, their own and their families’ health behaviors, and their access to quality clinical care.
Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2013 Current Population Survey Data
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Is There Such a Thing as an Absolute Poverty Line Over Time? Evidence from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia on the Income Elasticity of the Poverty Line — SUMMARY
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Gordon M. Fisher (202) 690-6143 September 1995
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.