Experimental Poverty Measures : Summary of a Workshop

Experimental Poverty Measures : Summary of a Workshop / John Iceland, Rapporteur ; Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, Workshop on Experimental Poverty Measures
Other Authors: Iceland, John, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Poverty > United States > Statistical methods.
Poor > United States > Congresses.
Income distribution > United States > Congresses.
Households > United States > Congresses.
Wealth > United States > Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Households
Income distribution
Poor
Poverty > Statistical methods
Wealth
United States
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • FrontMatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction and Background
  • 2 Setting and Updating Thresholds
  • 3 Equivalence Scales
  • 4 Geographic Adjustments to Thresholds
  • 5 Medical Expenses
  • 6 Work-Related and Child Care Expenses
  • 7 Housing
  • 8 Data Issues, Other Topics, and Future Research
  • References
  • APPENDIXES
  • A Workshop Agenda
  • B Workshop Participants

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