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Publication Date: August 1992
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Robert Rector
Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions
Keywords: Regulation
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
If the Census Bureau's methods were corrected to measure accurately the assets, cash income, and welfare benefits of low-income households, the result would show far fewer persons in material poverty than claimed by current official statistics.