Poverty

The Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty Reports and Technical Papers (CPS)

Alternative Definitions of Income (R&D Reports)
The following reports are from the Current Population Survey unless otherwise noted.

2000 to Current

• The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005 (P60-232)
• The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004
• Alternative Poverty Estimates in the United States: 2003 (P60-227)

1990 to 1999

• Poverty in the United States: 1999 (P60-210) [PDF - 6MB]
• Poverty in the United States: 1998 (P60-207) [PDF - 1MB]
• Poverty in the United States: 1997 (P60-201) [PDF - 478k]
• Poverty in the United States: 1996 (P60-198) [PDF - 727k]
• Poverty in the United States: 1995 (P60-194) [PDF - 721k]
• Income, Poverty and Valuation of Noncash Benefits: 1994 (P60-189) [PDF - 10MB]
• Income, Poverty and Valuation of Noncash Benefits: 1993 (P60-188) [PDF - 8MB]
• Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1992 (P60-186RD) [PDF - 9M]
• Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1979 to 1991 (P60-182-RD) [PDF - 17MB]
• Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1990 (P60-176-RD) [PDF - 13MB]

1980 to 1989

• Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1989 (P60-169-RD) [PDF - 10MB]
• Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1987 to 1988 (P60-170-RD) [PDF - 10MB]
• Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1986 (P60-164-RD-1) [PDF - 17MB]

Technical Papers

• Technical Paper 58-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1987 [PDF - 11MB]
• Technical Paper 57-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1986 [PDF - 3MB]
• Technical Paper 56-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1985 [PDF - 4MB]
• Technical Paper 55-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1984 [PDF - 5MB]
• Technical Paper 52-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1983 [PDF - 2MB]
• Technical Paper 51-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1979 to 1982 [PDF - 3MB]
• Technical Paper 50-Alternative Methods for Valuing Selected In-kind Transfer Benefits and Measuring their Effect on Poverty [PDF - 19MB]
• Conference on the Measurement of Noncash Benefits -- December 12-14, 1985, Fort Magruder Inn & Conference Center, Williamsburg, Virginia [PDF - 44MB]