Poverty Measurement in the United States. : History, Current Practice, and Proposed Changes.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government productivity.

Poverty.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides brief history of precursor events and studies that led to a rediscovery of poverty in the U.S. and development and adoption of an "official" statistical measure to measure poverty and to weigh progress toward its eradication. Presents major recommendations of National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel to address perceived flaws in the "official" measure, and to develop a new U.S. measure of poverty. Addresses related conceptual, technical, and methodological issues, as well as alternative estimates to the current poverty measure, using variants of NAS panel recommendations. Reviews recent House and Senate legislative proposals to create a new "modern" poverty measure, and more recent developments initiated by OMB proposing a new supplemental poverty measure, in the context of the current "official" measure and NAS panel recommendations. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Poverty Measurement in the United States

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