A Guide to Describing the Income Distribution.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Statistics.

Finance.

Income.

Population--Statistics.

Population.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (36 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

System Details:

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Summary:

Provides guide to various measures, indicators, and graphics commonly used to describe U.S. income distribution. Examines complexities of income measurement, outlines important definitional and data considerations to bear in mind when using and interpreting income statistics, and reviews descriptive statistics commonly used in analysis. Discusses the Gini index, a popular summary measure of income dispersion; and presents appendix of information on additional summary indicators of income dispersion reported annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes graphs.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Mar. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Guide to Describing the Income Distribution

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