The Effects of Taxes and Transfer on Income and Poverty Table of Contents

These tables focus on alternative definitions of income.  In the poverty tables, the same poverty thresholds were used across income definitions. 

The tables labeled "RS" use a revised price index to adjust poverty thresholds for inflation.  More about the CPI-U-RS.  

§         The first series supports the report, The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2005. 

§         The second series (at bottom) is based on research developed in the 1980s.  For details about that series, see Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1992. [PDF]  

§         These two data series are not the only alternatives available.  See Poverty Measurement Studies and Alternative Measures. 

§         Variables used to construct the Alternative Income Definitions.    

§         Source and Accuracy of the Estimates.  

These data come from the CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement, formerly called the March Supplement.

(2006 Income)

The Effects of Taxes and Transfer on Income and Poverty (New Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty)

Table Number Title
Table INC RD-AEI 1 Income Distribution Measures, by Definitions of Income
Table INC RD-AEI 3 Median Income of Households by Selected Characteristics and Income Definition: 2005 and 2006
Table RD-REV POV01 Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
Table RD-REV POV01 RS Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds Adjusted for Inflation using the CPI-U-RS
Table RD-REV POV02 People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 to 2006
Table RD-REV POV02 RS People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the CPI-U-RS-adjusted Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 to 2006

Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty (R&D)

Table Number Title
Table 1 Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
Table 2 Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006
Table 2 Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006-RS
Table 3 Percent of Families in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006
Table 3 Percent of Families in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006-RS
Table 4 Percent of Unrelated Individuals in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006
Table 4 Percent of Unrelated Individuals in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006-RS
Table 5 Mean Income Deficit of Families in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006
Table 5 Mean Income Deficit of Families in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006-RS
Table 6 Mean Income Deficit of Unrelated Individuals in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006
Table 6 Mean Income Deficit of Unrelated Individuals in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2006-RS
Table 7 Income of Households from Specified Sources, by Poverty Status: 2006
Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Last revised: December 31, 2007
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