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Activity Number:
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208
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 3, 2009 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #303824 |
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Title:
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Experimental Poverty Measures: Geographic Adjustments from the American Community Survey and BEA Price Parities
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Author(s):
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Trudi Renwick*+
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC, 20233,
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Keywords:
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poverty ; regional cost adjustments ; experimental poverty measurement
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Abstract:
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The National Academy of Sciences Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance recommended that the poverty thresholds be adjusted for differences in the cost of housing across geographic areas using data from the decennial census. The Census Bureau currently adjusts the NAS experimental poverty thresholds using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fair Market Rents. Census Bureau analysts have developed an alternative geographic adjustment index using data from the American Community Survey and the Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released regional price parities derived from the CPI survey and Census Bureau housing cost data. This paper will examine the impact of these two new geographic cost adjustment methods on the experimental poverty measures.
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