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Activity Number:
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249
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #300099 |
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Title:
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Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: An Overview
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Author(s):
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Connie Citro*+ and Joan L. Turek and Gabrielle Denmead and Sameer Desale and Brian James
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Companies:
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Committee on National Statistics and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Denmead Services and Consulting and Synectics for Management Decisions Inc. and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Address:
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500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20001,
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Keywords:
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income ; poverty ; family structure ; policy analysis ; program benefits ; health insurance coverage
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Abstract:
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Policymakers use national surveys to paint a picture of the U.S. population along a variety of dimensions such as poverty status, receipt of program benefits, demographic characteristics and health insurance coverage. Inferences are drawn about need and eligibility for federal programs based on estimates produced by these surveys. Findings are presented from research that develops comparable measures of income, family structure and poverty across four surveys. It examines whether the same picture of the U.S. population is presented by these surveys. The four surveys are the Annual Social and Demographic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, the National Health Interview Survey, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
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