Poverty Measures

America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The “Core Poor”

Looking only at differences between all OPM and all SPM poor children tends to mask important differences between subgroups of children. In particular, poor children can be categorized into one of three mutually exclusive groups when one moves from examining child poverty under the official measure to looking at it under the supplemental measure.

America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure. Child Poverty Under the OPM and the SPM

As measured in 2010, 16.8 million children (or 22.5 percent of all children in the U.S.) are considered poor under the OPM (see Figure 1). This number falls to 13.6 million children (or 18.2 percent of all children) under the SPM. How do these two groups of poor children compare? Demographically, the two groups look similar (see Appendix Table A-4

America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The Supplemental Poverty Measure

In 2011, the Census Bureau released its first Research Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), the culmination of nearly two decades of work experimenting with new, and many would argue better, ways of calculating how many Americans have insufficient resources to provide for the basic needs of themselves and their families. Though the technical detail

America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure. Introduction

This research brief examines child poverty in 2010 using both the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) that the Census Bureau has been using since the 1960s, and the more recent Research Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).The goal of the brief is to demonstrate how each measure differentiates the poor from the non-poor, how the SPM adds to our understan

America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure. Acknowledgements

I would like to thank David Betson, Ajay Chaudry, Susan Hauan, David Johnson, Don Oellerich, Trudi Renwick, Kathy Short, Kendall Swenson and Jane Waldfogel for their helpful comments and assistance in preparing this Research Brief.

Information on the Supplemental Poverty Measure - A Summary of 2013 Current Population Survey Data (October 2014). Background

The Census Bureau, in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), developed the SPM after years of research and collaboration. The SPM is based on the 2010 recommendations of an Interagency Technical Working Group, which included representatives from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the

Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data

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Poverty Rate of All Persons by Race and Ethnicity

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. Poverty Rate of All Persons by Race and Ethnicity

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. Child Poverty by Family Structure

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. Child Poverty by Race and Ethnicity

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. Poverty Rate of All Persons by Age

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. All Persons and Children below 50% of Poverty

DEEP POVERTY

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. Poverty Rate of Children under 18

CHILD POVERTY – ALL CHILDREN

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. Poverty Rate of All Persons

OVERALL POVERTY

The following charts summarize key points about

Information On Poverty And Income Statistics: A Summary of 2014 Current Population Survey Data. The following charts summarize key points about the poverty data released today

Poverty Rate of All Persons: 2000 to 2013 Poverty Rate of Children under 18: 2000 to 2013 All Persons and Children below 50% of Poverty: 2000 to 2013 Poverty Rate of All Persons by Age: 2000 to 2013 Child Poverty by Race and Ethnicity: 2000 to 2013 Child Poverty by Family Structure: 2000 to 2013 Poverty Rate of All Persons by Race and

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