,Measuring Poverty in the United States

Measuring Poverty in the United States


 

Publication Date: June 2008

Publisher: Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty

Author(s): Nancy K. Cauthen; Sarah Fass

Research Area: Economics; Social conditions

Keywords: child poverty

Type: Fact sheet

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This fact sheet discusses the U.S. government’s outdated method for measuring poverty and points to some alternative ways to more accurately gauge economic hardship.