Small-area estimates of school-age children in poverty : evaluation of current methodology / Constance F. Citro and Graham Kalton, editors ; Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas
Other Authors:	Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-, Kalton, Graham
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000.
Series:	Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:	Poor children > United States > Statistical methods. Children > United States > Economic conditions > Statistical methods. Poverty > United States > Statistical methods. Poor children > Education > United States > Finance > Statistical methods. Federal aid to education > United States > Statistical methods. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security. Children > Economic conditions > Statistical methods Federal aid to education > Statistical methods Poor children > Statistical methods Poverty > Statistical methods United States Electronic book.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction and overview
Title I allocation procedures
Data sources for county estimates
Estimation procedure for counties
Alternative county models
Evaluations of county estimates
School district estimates
Population estimates
Research and development priorities
Appendix A: Models for county and state poverty estimates
Appendix B: Regression diagnostics on alternative county regression models
Appendix C: County model comparisons with 1990 census estimates
Appendix D: Use of school lunch data in New York state for the estimation of school-age children in poverty: an analysis / James H. Wyckoff and Frank Papa
Appendix E: Special case: estimates for Puerto Rico.

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