DECIDING WHO'S POOR

DECIDING WHO'S POOR

For decades, now, right-wing think tanks have urged a reform of the official method of defining poverty and counting the poor. They have quite rightly complained that, in deciding whether a family should be considered poor or not, the Census Bureau pays no attention at all to valuable government ben...

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Published in:Dollars & Sense 2000 (228), p.36-36
Main Author: BERGMANN, BARBARA R
Format: Newsletterarticle
Language:eng
Subjects:
Basic needs
Census bureau
Economic aspects
Economic conditions
Governmental accounting
Measurement
Poor
Poor people
Poverty
Social policy
Social statistics
Standard of living
Statistics
Surveys
Taxes
United States
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Summary:For decades, now, right-wing think tanks have urged a reform of the official method of defining poverty and counting the poor. They have quite rightly complained that, in deciding whether a family should be considered poor or not, the Census Bureau pays no attention at all to valuable government benefits the family may receive.
ISSN:0012-5245