Measuring poverty : a new approach

Poverty SOCIAL SCIENCE Armut Messung sähkökirjat
National Academy Press
1995
EISBN 9780585022550
And recommendations.
Introduction and overview.
Poverty thresholds.
Adjusting poverty thresholds.
Defining resources.
Effects of the proposed poverty measure.
Other issues in measuring poverty.
The poverty measure and AFDC.
Appendix A: Dissent.
Appendix B: Data sources for measuring poverty.
Appendix C: The interdependence of time and money.
Appendix D: Assistance programs for people with low-incomes.
Introduction and overview.
Poverty thresholds.
Adjusting poverty thresholds.
Defining resources.
Effects of the proposed poverty measure.
Other issues in measuring poverty.
The poverty measure and AFDC.
Appendix A: Dissent.
Appendix B: Data sources for measuring poverty.
Appendix C: The interdependence of time and money.
Appendix D: Assistance programs for people with low-incomes.
