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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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544
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #301433 |
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Title:
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Who Is Poor? A New Look with the Supplemental Poverty Measure
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Author(s):
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Kathleen S. Short*+
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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SEHSD, Washington DC, DC, 20233,
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Keywords:
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poverty ;
poverty measures ;
Supplemental Poverty Measure
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Abstract:
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For many years, there have been critiques of the official poverty measure for the U.S. On March 2, 2010, the Commerce Department announced plans for the development of a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) "that will use the best new data and methodologies to obtain an improved understanding of the economic well-being of American families and of how federal policies affect those living in poverty." This group will discuss many of the elements recommended by the Interagency Technical Working Group to include in a preliminary Supplemental Poverty Measure. Measurement issues, updating methods, and plans for future research on poverty estimates at the Census Bureau will be described and discussed.
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