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Direct Measures of Poverty as Indicators of Economic Need: Evidence from the Survey of Income and
Program Participation |
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http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0030/twps0030.html |
| Agency |
Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census.
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| Publ. Info. |
43 p.; 1998
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| SuDocs
No. |
C 3.223/27:30
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| Item |
0154-B-55
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| Notes |
There has been increasing interest in using direct measures of economic well being to keep track of how
people are getting by. One set of indicators developed for this purpose includes questions on paying bills,
ability to get needed health care and food sufficiency. Data gathered by the Census Bureau in the Survey of
Income and Program Participation represent the first attempt to gather such data from a nationally-
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| Biblio. Info. |
View Peak Record
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| Subjects |
POVERTY |
STATISTICS |
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