Experimental Poverty Measures

By Short, Kathleen

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Title:	Experimental Poverty Measures
Author:	Short, Kathleen
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
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Publisher:	U.S. Census Bureau Department


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Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Executive Summary: This report presents experimental measures of poverty in the United States. These measures are illustrative variations of the recommendations of the Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance: Concepts, Information Needs, and Measurement Methods of the National Research Council.1 The experimental measures presented here ... Incorporate, in a way that the official measure does not, the effects of key government policies aimed at the most needy families in the United States ... Use an after-tax income measure ... Add the value of in-kind benefits, such as food stamps, to income ... Take account of variations in expenses that are necessary to hold a job or to obtain medical care.

Table of Contents
Contents Experimental Poverty Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Key Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Effect of Experimental Poverty Measures on Various Subgroups . . . . 1 Time Series Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Data Issues and Future Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. Overview and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The National Research Council Report and Recommendations. . . . . 2 Purpose and Plan of This Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 III. Effects of the NAS Panel Recommendations on Poverty Estimates . . . 4 Recommendations Pertaining to Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Recommendations Pertaining to Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Recommendations Pertaining to Thresholds and Resources . . . . . . 10 Updating Thresholds Over Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 IV. Combining the NAS Panel Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Poverty Rates by Selected Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Experimental Poverty Estimates Over Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 V. Data Issues and Opportunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Consumer Expenditure Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Decennial Census, the American Community Survey, and the Census Bureau?s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program . 26 VI. Future Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Appendixes A. Detailed Tables for Section III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A?1 B. Detailed Tables for Section IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B?1 C. Definitions of Elements in the Experimental Poverty Measures . . . . C?1 D. Summary of NAS Panel Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D?1 E. Source and Accuracy of Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E?1 F. Data Quality: Current Population Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F?1





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