Experimental poverty measures : summary of a workshop / John Iceland, rapporteur ; Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Iceland, John, 1970-

National Research Council (U.S.). Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, content provider.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Experimental Poverty Measures (2004 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--United States--Statistical methods.

Poverty.

Poor--United States--Congresses.

Poor.

Income distribution--United States--Congresses.

Income distribution.

Households--United States--Congresses.

Households.

Wealth--United States--Congresses.

Wealth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 45 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Research Council (NRC) convened a workshop on June 15-16, 2004, to review federal research on alternative methods for measuring poverty. The workshop had been requested by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to evaluate progress in moving toward a new measure of poverty, as recommended by the 1995 report, Measuring Poverty: A New Approach. Experimental Poverty Measures is the summary of that workshop. This report discusses which components of alternative measures are methodologically sound and which might need further refinement, toward the goal of narrowing the number of alternative measures that should be considered.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

1 Introduction and Background

2 Setting and Updating Thresholds

3 Equivalence Scales

4 Geographic Adjustments to Thresholds

5 Medical Expenses

6 Work-Related and Child Care Expenses

7 Housing

8 Data Issues, Other Topics, and Future Research

References

APPENDIXES

A Workshop Agenda

B Workshop Participants.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).

ISBN:

9786610173709

9780309165471

0309165474

9781280173707

128017370X

9780309547123

0309547121

OCLC:

70731235