Supplementary Report on the Low-Income Population: 1966 to 1972

By U. S. Census Bureau Department

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Title:	Supplementary Report on the Low-Income Population: 1966 to 1972
Author:	U. S. Census Bureau Department
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
Collections:	U.S. Census Bureau Collection
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Publisher:	U.S. Census Bureau Department


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Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Excerpt: This report presents detailed social and.economic statistics for the population of the United States below the low-income level ? in 1966 to 1972, based on the March 1967 to 1973 Current Population Surveys. The data in this report were extracted from a series of tabulations prepared for ?and previously distributed by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). They supplement the data on the low-income population already published in other Series P-60 reports. Financial support ?for the preparation of this report was. provided by the Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS .-------------------- Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Related materials , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Current Population Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Decennial census 2 Comparability of data in detailed tables of this report with corresponding data in series P-60, Nos. 86 and 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 6 25 29 23 30 37 22 10 16 14 DETAILED TABLES Age-Persons by low-income status, sex, and race: 1966 to 1972 . Work experience of persons- Persons 14 years old and over and 22 to 64 years old by low-income sta tus, sex, and race: 1966 to 1972 . . . . . . . . Work experience of family members-All wives, family members other than head or wife, and unrelated individuals and. those 22 to 64 years old by low-income status and race: 1966 to 1972 .... Occupation and class of worker of longest job-Persons 14 years old and over and 22 to 64 years old , who worked last year by low-income status, sex, and race: 1966 to 1972 . Major activity in survey week and employment status-Persons 14 to 21 years old by low-income status, age, sex, and race: 1966 to 1972 . Industry of longest job-Wage and salary workers 14 years old and over by low-income status, sex, and race: 1971 and 1972 . Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence-Persons by low-income status, sex of head, and race: 1971 and 1972 . Income of a specified type as percent of total income-Families and unrelated individuals by low-income status and sex and race of head: 1971 and 1972 . Alternate low-income levels-Persons by family status and race: 1969úto 1972 . Selected characteristics of persons, families, and unrelated individuals by alternate low-income levels, sex, and race: 1969 to 1972 . Ten Federal regions-Persons by low-income status, family status, and race: 1969 to 1972 . 3. 6. 5. 4. 8. 7. 11. 9. 10. Table 1. 2. APPENDICES Appendix A Definitions and explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 44 Comparability of data for 1972 and 1971 with those for previous years 52 Nonresponses and allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 53 Other limitations of the data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 54 Source and reliability of the estimates 57 Appendix B OEO Tabulation Specifications 62 APPENDIX TABLES Table A-I. Unrelated individuals under 14 years of age by race and sex: 1966 to 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 44 A-2. Changes between 1966 and 1972 in the Consumer Price Index and the average low-income threshold for a nonfarm family of four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 48 A-3. Weighted average thresholds at the low-income level in 1972 by size of family and sex of head, by farm-nonfarm residence 50 A-4. Standard errors of estimated number of low-income persons for 1966-1972-Total or white 56 A-5. Standard errors of estimated number oflow-income families for 1966-1972-Total or white 56 A:6. Standard errors of estimated number of low-income persons for 1966-1 972-Negro , . . . .. 56 A-7. Standard errors of estimated number of low-income families for 1966-1972-Negro . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 57 A-8. Standard errors of estimated percentages oflow-income persons for 1966-1972 .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 57 A-9. Standard errors of estimated percentages of low-income families for 1966-1972 57 A-IO. Standard errors of estimated number of low-income persons in the 10 Federal regions. . . . . . . . . . .. 58 A-II. Standard errors of estimated percentages of low-income persons in Federal Regions I to VII and IX. . .. 59 A-l2. Standard errors of estimated percentages of low-income persons in Federal Regions VIII and X , 59