
Poverty Measurement Studies and Alternative Measures
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Other Approaches to Measuring Economic Well-Being

Supplemental Measures of Material Well-Being: Expenditures, Consumption, and Poverty 1998 to 2001 (P23-201) [PDF]
Material and Financial Hardship and Alternative Poverty Measures by Kathleen Short [PDF]
Personal Assessments of Minimum Income and Expenses; What do They Tell Us About 'Minimum Living' Thresholds and Equivalence Scales? by Thesia Garner and Kathleen Short [PDF]
Direct Measures of Poverty as Indicators of Economic Need: Evidence From The Survey of Income and Program Participation by Kurt Bauman [PDF]
"Enough for a Family to Live On?"-Questions from Members of the American Public and New Perspectives from British Social Scientists by Gordon Fisher [PDF]
Exploring the Use of the Views of the Public to Set Income Poverty Thresholds and Adjust Them Over Time by Denton R. Vaughan [PDF]

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