Poverty, Income, and Assets

Financial Condition and Health Care Burdens of People in Deep Poverty

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. The analyses in the brief describe the characteristics of the poor population; available income for those at the deepest levels of poverty; and average medical care needs

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix D. Sources of Data

As noted in Chapter I, this 2001 report uses data from the Annual March Demographic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) to construct updated measures of some of the indicators that were based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) in prior year reports. Specifically, the overall summary indicator of depe

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix C. Additional Nonmarital Birth Data

Table C-1. Percentage of Births to Unmarried Women Within Age Groups, by Race: 1940-1999

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix B: Alternative Definition of Dependence Based on Income from AFDC/TANF and Food Stamps

As directed by the Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-432), this annual report on Indicators of Welfare Dependence focuses on dependence on three programs: the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, now Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); the Food Stamp Program; and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pro

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program is a means tested, federally administered income assistance program authorized by title XVI of the Social Security Act. Established in 1972 (Public Law 92-603) and begun in 1974, SSI provides monthly cash payments in accordance with uniform, nationwide eligibility requirements to needy aged, blind a

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Food Stamp Program

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S.

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 as a grant program to enable states to provide cash welfare payments for needy children who had been deprived of parental support or care because their father or mother is absent from the home, incapacitated, deceased, or unemployed. All 50 states,

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix A: Program Data

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 specifies that the annual welfare indicators reports shall include analyses of families and individuals receiving assistance under three means-tested benefit programs: the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program authorized under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (replaced with the Tempo

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Non-marital birth risk factor 4. Never-married family status

Figure BIRTH 4. Percentage of All Children Living in Families with a Never-Married Female Head, by Race: 1982-2000

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Non-marital Birth Risk Factor 3. Unmarried Teen Birth Rates Within Age Groups

Figure BIRTH 3a. Births per 1,000 Unmarried Teens Ages 15 to 17, by Race: 1960-1999 Figure BIRTH 3b. Births per 1,000 Unmarried Teens Ages 18 and 19, by Race: 1960-1999

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Non-marital Birth Risk Factor 2. Births to Unmarried Teens

Figure BIRTH 2. Percentage of All Births to Unmarried Teens Ages 15 to 19, by Race: 1940-1999

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Non-marital Birth Risk Factor 1. Births to Unmarried Women

Figure BIRTH 1. Percentage of Births to Unmarried Women, by Age Group: 1940-1999

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Non-marital Birth Risk Factors

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 9. Child Care Expenditures

Figure WORK 9. Percentage of Monthly Income Spent on Child Care by Families with Employed Mothers: 1995

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 8. Children's Health Conditions

Figure WORK 8. Selected Chronic Health Conditions per 1,000 Children Ages 0 to 17: Selected Years

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 7. Adult/child Disability

Figure WORK 7. Percentage of the Total Population Reporting a Disability, by Age: 1994 Source: Unpublished data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey on Disability, Phase I; 1994 NHIS, and 1994 Family Resources Supplement.

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 6. Adult Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Figure WORK 6. Percentage of Adults Who Used Cocaine or Marijuana or Abused Alcohol, by Age: 1999 Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 5. High-school Dropout Rates

Figure WORK 5. Percentage of Students Enrolled in Grades 10 to 12 in the Previous Year Who Were Not Enrolled and Had Not Graduated in the Survey Year, by Race: Selected Years

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Employment and Work-related Risk Factor 4. Educational Attainment

Figure WORK 4. Percentage of Adults Age 25 and Over, by Level of Educational Attainment: 1960-2000

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