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This fact sheet discusses the U.S. government’s outdated method for measuring poverty and points to some alternative ways to more accurately gauge economic hardship.