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Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for

Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy

This project focuses on the development, analysis, and use of neighborhood health indicators pertaining to children and youth. Using data provided by five data intermediary organizations (located in large cities) that participate in the Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP), Urban Institute conducted a cross-site analysis and provided technic
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American Community Survey: New Survey Questions

American Community Survey: New Survey Questions Enable Measurement of Marital Transitions

  ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF American Community Survey: New Survey Questions Enable Measurement of Marital Transitions October 2008 This Research Brief is available on the Internet at: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/09/MarriageDivorceStats/ACSBrief/rb.shtml
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Grants Awarded to Advance States' Child

Grants Awarded to Advance States' Child Indicators Initiatives

  Overview   [For a complete overview, see the Advancing States' Child Indicators Initiatives ]
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Green Book

Green Book

The Green Book is compiled by the staff of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives from many sources and provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families wit
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Acknowledgments

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Acknowledgments

We would like to extend a special thank you to the HHS staff for their commitment to this project and for making this work possible; in particular, we acknowledge the federal project officers, Annette Waters and Kimberly Clum. We are also grateful to Kendall Swenson for his work with the data and to Erica Meade for her contributions.
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About the Series

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. About the Series

A large number of US men of prime working age are neither gainfully employed nor pursuing education or other training, suggesting a potentially significant disconnection from mainstream economic and social life. The Urban Institute, funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Servi
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References

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. References

Bonczar, Thomas. 2003. “Prevalence of Imprisonment in the US Population, 1974-2001.” NCJ 197976. Washington, DC: US De-partment of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Carson, E. Ann, and William J. Sabol. 2012. “Prisoners in 2011.” NCJ 239808. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Prog
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Notes

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Notes

In 2010, the year for the data estimates, the federal poverty threshold was $11,344 for a single adult and $17,552 for a family of three with one child. Twice the poverty level was $22,688 for a single adult and $35,104 for a family of three ( http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/ ).
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Conclusion

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Conclusion

Statistics on prisoners do not allow us to determine how disproportionately low-income men are imprisoned, but data on imprisonment by race and ethnicity provide a stark picture of the extent of disparities. Since African American and Hispanic men are more likely to be low income, this perspective gives some sense of the impact of being low income
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High Imprisonment Rates Take a Toll on Communities

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. High Imprisonment Rates Take a Toll on Communities

Figure 6. Incarceration Costs by Zip Code, Houston, 2008 Source: Justice Mapping Center.
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Prisoners of Color Are More Likely to Be

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Prisoners of Color Are More Likely to Be Disenfranchised

“Felon disenfranchisement,” as defined by The Sentenc-ing Project, are laws that restrict inpiduals with felony convictions from voting. 7 States set their own laws, so the extent that inpiduals with felony-level crimes are disenfranchised by this definition varies by state.
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The Male Prison Population Has Grown

Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. The Male Prison Population Has Grown

A 2010 Pew Charitable Trusts report provides additional dimensions to the Bureau of Justice Statistics incarceration data. It focuses on incarceration’s negative long-term effects on former prisoners’ economic mobility and its consequences on families and children. The Pew report highlights the dramatic rise in incarceration rates from 1980 to
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Acknowledgments

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Acknowledgments

We would like to extend a special thank you to the HHS staff for their commitment to this project and for making this work possible; in particular, we acknowledge the federal project officers, Annette Waters and Kimberly Clum. We are also grateful to Kendall Swenson for his work with the data and to Erica Meade for her contributions.
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About the Series

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. About the Series

A large number of US men of prime working age are neither gainfully employed nor pursuing education or other training, suggesting a potentially significant disconnection from mainstream economic and social life. The Urban Institute, funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Servi
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References

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. References

Holahan, John, and Vicki Chen. 2011. “Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007–2010.” Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. 2013. “The Medicaid Program at a Glance.” Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. http://www.kff.org/medicaid/uplo
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Notes

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Notes

In 2010, the year for the data estimates, the federal poverty threshold was $11,344 for a single adult and $17,552 for a family of three with one child. Twice the poverty level was $22,688 for a single adult and $35,104 for a family of three ( http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/ ). Data on health insurance coverage are for 200
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Conclusion

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Conclusion

Compared with higher-income men age 18–44, low-income men are more likely to lack health insurance coverage, have lower access to routine health care, and have worse health 6 outcomes as measured by self-reported health and obesity. The health insurance coverage and health status of low-income men depend on where they live.
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Low-Income Men Have Less Access to Health Care

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Low-Income Men Have Less Access to Health Care and Poorer Health

Less than half (45 percent) of low-income men nationwide report a routine health checkup in the past year. 8 By 4 comparison, 56 percent of higher-income men age 18–44 report a routine checkup in the past year. 9
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Health Insurance Coverage Varies by State,

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Health Insurance Coverage Varies by State, Citizenship, Ethnicity, and Education

Among the 10 states with the largest number of low-income men (“the top 10 states”), rates of private and public insurance coverage vary widely (figure 1). Low-income men in Pennsylvania (36 percent), Ohio (33 percent), and Illinois (30 percent) have the highest rates of private insurance only. Private insurance rates are lowest in New York (2
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Low-Income Men Are More Likely to Lack Health

The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Low-Income Men Are More Likely to Lack Health Insurance Coverage

Less than half (49 percent) of low-income men age 18–44 in the United States have any insurance coverage (figure 1). 2 The insured rate for low-income men is significantly lower than the rate for all men age 18–44, which is 71 percent. Low-income men are half as likely as all men in that age group to be covered by private insurance only (30 p

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