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Supplemental Poverty Measure Working Papers
Supplemental Poverty Measure 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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View the list of working papers by year.
Income and Poverty
Using SNAP Administrative Records to Evaluate Poverty Measurement
In this paper, we link state SNAP administrative records to the CPS ASEC to examine two main outcomes related to poverty measurement.
Working Paper
Anchored and Relative: Supplemental Thresholds for the SPM
This paper develops a series of anchored and relative thresholds and explores the impact of these alternatives on SPM poverty rates from 2009-2016.
Working Paper
Measuring the Cost of Employment: Work-Related Expenses in the SPM
Median weekly work-related expenses for 2015 increase from $40.22, using Wave 10 of the 2008 SIPP, to $47.17 using Wave 1 of the 2014 SIPP.
Working Paper
What are Housing Assistance Support Recipients Reporting as Rent?
This paper shows research on how best to incorporate the reporting of rent from the ACS as part of the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure research.
Working Paper
Revising Poverty Assignments of Unrelated Children in the SPM Report
This paper describes a proposed revision to the assignment of “official” poverty status of unrelated individuals under age 15 in the SPM report.
Working Paper
Geographic Adjustments with BEA RPPs vs. ACS Median Rents: An Update
This paper compares the results of two different adjustments to the Supplemental Poverty Measure thresholds.
Working Paper
Eliminating the Public Housing Adjustment
Working paper discussing the elimination of the public housing adjustment when estimating the value of housing subsidies for the Supplemental Poverty Measure.
Working Paper
Using the ACS to Implement a SPM
The presentation explores implementing the SPM in the ACS.
Working Paper
Using State-Level SNAP Records to Evaluate Supplemental Poverty
This poster examines the effect of using administrative records instead of self-reported data on estimating the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
Working Paper
Understanding the Supplemental Poverty Measure
A presentation describing the basic elements of the Supplemental Poverty Measure and summarizing results of the measure for 2015.
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