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Income & Poverty Working Papers

Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.

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Working Paper
Errors-in-Variables Model for County-level Poverty Estimation
The SAIPE program at the US Census Bureau has a model for poverty which relates direct estimates from the ASEC of the Current Population Survey to various AR.


Working Paper
Implications of Geographic Adjustment of Poverty Thresholds
Adjusting poverty thresholds for geographic differences in the cost of living has been recommended by the NAS and other prominent researchers.


Working Paper
Comparing Employment, Income, and Poverty: Census 2000 and the CPS
This report compares labor force data, income, and poverty measured from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey.


Working Paper
Age and Material Well-Being in the SIPP
Increasing interest has focused on new ways to measure material well-being.


Working Paper
Income in the American Community Survey: Comparisons to Census 2000
Explain major differences between decennial census and ACS income estimates and provide overview of ACS results.


Working Paper
Material and Financial Hardship and Alternative Poverty Measures 1996
This paper examines the relationship between the official U.S. poverty measure, an improved income-based poverty measure, and measures of material hardship.


Working Paper
Results & Recommendations: 2003 SIPP Welfare Reform Module
Staff in the Statistical Research Division conducted cognitive research on the draft questionnaire for the 2003 SIPP Welfare Reform Module.


Working Paper
What about the Children?
Data obtained from the Supplementary Survey 2001 contain valuable information about the household and family experiences of children.


Working Paper
Discrepancies Between Measured Income in the AHS and the CPS
This examines the hypothesis that lower income amounts are reported in the AHS (because the form is less detailed than the CPS) and aims to modify the form.


Working Paper
Using the SIPP for Policy Analysis
This paper examines the national survey context for the SIPP and discusses some of the remaining challenges the Census Bureau faces in the years ahead.


Working Paper
Alternative Poverty Measures in the SIPP: 1996
This paper compares alternative poverty measures based on the SIPP and the CPS and makes recommendations for future design implementation.


Working Paper
County Food Stamp Program Participation to Poverty Ratio
The SAIPE program at the US Census Bureau estimates county poverty as a function of administrative records and the previous decennial census.


Working Paper
Health Insurance Estimates for Counties
This paper uses a Bayesian version of the method used in the SAIPE poverty models, with modifications, to estimate insurance coverage rates at the county level.

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