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Working Paper

Measuring Poverty Subannually in the United States: A Methodology Note

May 04, 2023

This paper discusses a methodology for estimating monthly poverty rates for the United States.

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Working Paper

Using SNAP and TANF Admin Records to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

November 20, 2018

In this paper, we link SNAP and TANF administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine outcomes related to poverty measurement.

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Working Paper

Deconstructing Poverty Rates among the 65 and Older Population

April 26, 2018

This paper investigates the underlying causes and explanations of the first increase in 6 years in poverty among individuals aged 65 and over using the SPM.

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Working Paper

Using SNAP Admin Records and TRIM3 to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

April 25, 2018

In this poster, we link state SNAP administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine two outcomes related to poverty measurement.

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Working Paper

Using SNAP Admin Records and TRIM3 to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

April 25, 2018

In this paper, we link state SNAP administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine two outcomes related to poverty measurement.

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Working Paper

Using SNAP Administrative Records to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

December 2017

In this paper, we link state SNAP administrative records to the CPS ASEC to examine two main outcomes related to poverty measurement.

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Working Paper

An Examination of Retirement Income for the 65+ Population

May 2014

Every several years the SIPP is supplemented by a topical module which measures the retirement income and retirement plan coverage of the population.

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Working Paper

Examining the Incidence and Depth of Poverty in the U.S. 2012

November 20, 2013

This paper expands on information about estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. reported earlier (Short, 2012).

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Working Paper

Comparing Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds and Family Budgets

November 2013

The Census Bureau reports on the SPM compared income-to-poverty‐threshold ratios using the official and the SPM.

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Working Paper

Supplemental Poverty Measure: SIPP 2004

August 2013

This paper describes in some detail the challenge of changing and moving the measurement of poverty in the CPS to measuring poverty in the SIPP.

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Working Paper

Changes in Poverty Measurement

January 2013

Explores trends in the gender disparities in poverty status and describes the impact of using an alternative poverty measure.

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Working Paper

Poverty in the U.S. Taking Account of Taxes and Transfers in 2011

December 11, 2012

This paper expands on information about estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. reported earlier (Short, 2012).

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Working Paper

Understanding Income-to-Threshold Ratios Using the SPM

August 21, 2012

This paper presents additional information about “moderate” income individuals with resources between 1 and 2 times the SPM thresholds.

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Working Paper

Changing the Face of Poor Lone Mothers

June 16, 2012

This paper analyzes how changes in poverty measurement affect the poverty rate of lone mother families.

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Working Paper

Using the ACS to Implement a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)

May 2012

For solving missing data issues, this paper examines how the data in the CPS ASEC might be used to inform ACS imputations.

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Working Paper

Poverty in the U.S. Taking Account of Taxes and Transfers in 2010

March 15, 2012

This paper expands on information about estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. reported earlier.

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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

Supplemental Poverty Measure: Preliminary Estimates for 2008

October 21, 2010

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

Experimental Modern Poverty Measures 2007

January 03, 2010

This paper presents some new developments in the experimental poverty measure series prepared by the Census Bureau.

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Working Paper

Defining and Redefining Poverty

August 2002

In 1995 the NAS Panel released a report, Measuring Poverty: A New Approach , which offered recommendations for improving the official poverty measure.

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Working Paper

Evaluating Poverty with a Different Measure

January 08, 2000

This paper describes and compares the poverty population under several different experimental measures of poverty.

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Working Paper

Evaluating Child Well-Being Using a New Measure of Poverty

April 09, 1999

Using the current official measure of poverty, child poverty rates continue to surpass those of others.

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Working Paper

Application of Experimental Poverty Measures to the Aged

1999

This article examines poverty among persons aged 65 or older under experimental measures, which are based on a 1995 report released by the NAC.

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Working Paper

Developing Poverty Thresholds Using Expenditure Data

August 1997

In this paper, we examine each five issues, focusing on the data and methodological issues related to the estimation of thresholds using CE data.

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Working Paper

Have Our Methods of Poverty Measurement Blinded Us to Who is Poor?

November 1995

Conventional wisdom in poverty research states that children are at greater risk of being poor than are the elderly.

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Working Paper

Do Proposed Revisions of the Poverty Measure Matter for Rural America?

July 1995

The current official poverty measure was developed about 30 years ago, and has remained almost unchanged, except for inflation adjustments, up to the present.

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