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Tag Archives: poverty
Poverty Rates by State: Does the Measure Matter?
Tweet Written by: Kathleen Short In November 2011, the Census Bureau, with support from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released the first set of estimates for the research supplemental poverty measure as suggested by an interagency technical working group. Today, … Continue reading
What is the Supplemental Poverty Measure and How Does it Differ from the Official Measure?
Tweet Written by: Trudi Renwick Since the publication of the first official U.S. poverty estimates in 1964, there has been a continuing debate about the best approach to measure income and poverty in the United States. An interagency technical working … Continue reading
2011 Poverty – Stories Behind the Numbers
Tweet Written by: Trudi Renwick In 2011, 15.0 percent of the population had income below the official poverty thresholds. Between 2010 and 2011 there was no statistically significant change in the percent or number of people in poverty in the … Continue reading
How We Measure Poverty and Income
Tweet Written by: David Johnson Income, poverty and health insurance estimates for 2011 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) will be released Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. One-year estimates from the 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) will be released on Thursday, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, income, poverty
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American Community Survey Takes Our Nation’s Demographic Pulse Each Year
Tweet Written by: James Treat, US Census Bureau In every census between 1940 and 2000, millions of American households received a “long form”, which contained scores of questions on a wide range of demographic, socioeconomic and housing topics. Following the … Continue reading
