Falling into Poverty
The Census Bureau declared last Septemeber that a family of four that falls below $17,062 in annual income falls into poverty.
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Citerend uit: Uchitelle, Louis
Publication info: Feburary 18, 2009
Geciteerd door: James Prendergast 10:55 PM 18 February 2009 GMT
Citerank: (1) 13726Is the Census Bureau Defintion the best one?According to the New York Times defining poverty is not easy. Even if the Census Bureau's new measure calculates necessary expenditures more accurately than the current formula, the new approach, like the current one, still uses income as the single criterion for judging who is poor.959C6EF
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