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Current Population Survey (CPS) Working Papers
Resarch and analysis of the Current Population Survey by Census Bureau authors.
Working Paper
Measuring Poverty: Issues and Approaches
Formal measurement of poverty in the United States is less than three decades old.
Working Paper
Have Our Methods of Poverty Measurement Blinded Us to Who is Poor?
Conventional wisdom in poverty research states that children are at greater risk of being poor than are the elderly.
Working Paper
Aspects of Survey and Model-Based Postcensal Estimation
Congress has charged the Census Bureau with the responsibility to develop postcensal estimates of basic income and poverty statistics by state, and county.
Working Paper
Do Proposed Revisions of the Poverty Measure Matter for Rural America?
The current official poverty measure was developed about 30 years ago, and has remained almost unchanged, except for inflation adjustments, up to the present.
Working Paper
Developing Postcensal Income and Poverty Estimates for all US Counties
The Census Bureau and a consortium of other Federal Agencies initiated a project to provide postcensal estimates of income and poverty for small areas.
Working Paper
Developing and Testing Race and Ethnic Origin Questions for the CPS
The Office of Management and Budget's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 is the standard which federal agencies must use to report race and ethnic origin.
Working Paper
Diagnostics for Redesigning Survey Questionnaires
Between 1986 and 1993, a program of questionnaire design and cognitive research was conducted by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Working Paper
Sampling Error Modelling of Poverty and Income Statistics for States
This paper develops models for sampling error co-variance matrices of estimates of age group poverty rates, median income, and per capita income.
Working Paper
Some Effects of Gender on the Meaning of "Work"
This paper empirically analyzes effects of gender on the public's interpretations of various activities as "work."
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