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Supplemental Poverty Measure Publications

Official publications released by the U.S. Census Bureau have a report number and often list the lead author(s).

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Poverty in the United States: 2022
This report presents data on poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2023 and earlier CPS ASEC.


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Poverty in the United States: 2021
This report presents data on poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2022 and earlier CPS ASEC.


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2018
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2017
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2016
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2015
This is the sixth report describing research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2014
This is the fifth report describing research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2013
This is the fourth report describing research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).


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Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013
This report presents data on income and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2014 and earlier CPS ASEC.


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The Research SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE: 2012
This report presents estimates of the prevalence of poverty in the U.S., overall and for selected demographic groups, using the official measure and the SPM.


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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2012
This report has three sections—income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. Each section presents estimates by characteristics such as race, and nativity.


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The Research SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE: 2011
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). It also identifies several major weaknesses of the current poverty measure.


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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2011
This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States.


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The Research SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE: 2010
Estimates of the prevalence of poverty in the United States, overall and for selected demographic groups, for the official and SPM measures.


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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2010
This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States.


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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2009
This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States.


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Alternative Poverty Estimates in the United States: 2003
This report explains how alternative estimates were developed, and how the alternative and official measures offer different profiles of people in poverty.


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Measures of Well-Being: Expenditures, Consumption, & Poverty 1998-2001
This report describes some possible next steps in the Census Bureau’s decades-long tradition of investigation into the measurement of poverty.


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Experimental Poverty Measures: 1999
Based on recommendations from the NRC, the experimental measures incorporate the effects of key government policies aimed at the most needy families.


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Poverty Among Working Families: Experimental Poverty Measures: 1998
This report shows that according to measures, people in full-time working families comprise a higher proportion of those in poverty than previously estimated.


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Experimental Poverty Measures: 1990 to 1997
Based on recommendations from the NRC, the experimental measures incorporate the effects of key government policies aimed at the most needy families.


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Measuring Poverty: A New Approach C. Citro and R. Michaels (Eds.)
The Social Security Administration began publishing poverty statistics in the early 1960s, using poverty measure developed by staff economist Mollie Orshansky.


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The Measure of Poverty: Department of Health, Education and Welfare
The report deals with measuring the current status of the poor rather than with the causes or solutions to poverty.

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