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Working Paper

Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds: Imputing Noncash Benefits

September 20, 2011

Data from the Current Population Survey, the basis of the SPM resource measure, are used to model imputations to the CE for participation in NSLP and WIC.

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Working Paper

Medical Out-of-Pocket Spending Among the Uninsured

September 09, 2011

This paper refines the treatment of Medical Out-of-Pocket (MOOP) spending among the uninsured in measuring poverty.

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Working Paper

Evaluating the Use of the New Current Population

September 2011

It appears that the main factor in all of the differences between the old and new tax model is driven by the potential use of the two parent pointers.

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Working Paper

SNAP Misreporting on the CPS: Does it Affect Poverty Estimates?

September 01, 2011

Paper examines the misreporting of nutritional assistance on the CPS received by Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.

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Working Paper

New CPS's ASEC Supplement Questions use in Census Bureau Tax Model

2011

Current Population Survey’s (CPS) Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement added new questions to aid in developing Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)

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Working Paper

Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds: Noncash Benefits - Part I

August 11, 2011

This paper presents an alternative method to imputing noncash benefits, the CPS Participation Method.

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Working Paper

Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement

August 02, 2011

This paper examines how the change in unit of analysis from the family definition used impacts the composition of family units.

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Working Paper

Research on Commuting Expenditures & Geographic Adjustments in the SPM

August 2011

This paper discusses how to estimate commuting expenses and seeks to enhance and refine the SPM so that it adjusts commuting expenses for geographic difference.

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Working Paper

Geographic Adjustments of Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds

July 2011

The ITWG suggested that the poverty thresholds be adjusted for price differences across geographic areas.

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Working Paper

The Supplemental Poverty Measure

June 03, 2011

This paper presents estimates of the prevalence of poverty in the US, overall and for selected demographic subgroups, for the official and SPM measures.

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Working Paper

Evaluating the New Mortgage Questions in the CPS's 2010 ASEC

2011

To evaluate the quality of new 2010 ASEC mortgage questions, this paper compares similar data collected in ACS and AHS by a number of selected characteristics.

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Working Paper

Examining the Effect of the Supplemental Poverty Measurement

March 2011

This presentation provides information about how the ACS handles households with unrelated children under 15 years and households with unmarried partners.

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Working Paper

Developing A Supplemental Poverty Measure

March 2011

In comparing the “official” poverty measure and the SPM, we find that overall poverty rates are higher under the SPM.

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Working Paper

Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement

March 2011

In 2009 the Office of Management and Budget‟s Chief Statistician formed an ITWG on Developing a Supplemental Poverty Measure.

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Working Paper

Who is Poor? A New Look with the Supplemental Poverty Measure

January 31, 2011

This paper lays the groundwork for preparing estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. at the Census Bureau.

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Working Paper

A Comparison of Child Support Paid from CPS and SIPP

January 2011

This note compares data from the CPS ASEC 2010 and SIPP 2004 Wave 5 on child support paid.

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Working Paper

Child Care Costs in the Current Population Survey’s ASEC

January 2011

This paper assesses child care cost estimates from the 2010 Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).

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