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Methodology for Testing for a Rise in Child Poverty Rate of Five Percent or Greater: 2002 to 2003
Methodology for Testing for a Rise in Child Poverty Rate of Five Percent or Greater: 2002 to 2003
Introduction
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Estimates Branch annually provides the Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services with model-based estimates of the number of children ages 0-17 in poverty. These estimates are used to determine if any states had an increase of 5 percent or greater in child poverty rate between two consecutive years. This document addresses change between 2002 and 2003.
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