Access to Poverty in the United States

by New Strategist Publications, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9781885070562
• ISBN10: 188507056X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: New Strategist Pr Llc

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(2)
Introduction	3	(1)
Number of Poor and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2001	4	(1)
People and Families in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2000 and 2001	5	(1)
Number of Poor and Poverty Rate by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1999, 2000, and 2001	6	(1)
Poverty Rate by Age: 1959 to 2001	7	(1)
Poverty Rate by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2001	7	(1)
Work Experience during the Year for People 16 Years Old and Over by Poverty Status, 2001	8	(1)
Poverty Rate of People in Families by Family Type and Presence of Workers: 2001	8	(2)
Percent of People in Poverty by State: 1999, 2000, and 2001	10	(1)
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold for People by Selected Characteristics: 2001	11	(1)
Income Deficit or Surplus of Families and Unrelated Individuals by Poverty Status: 2001	12	(1)
Experimental Poverty Rates for Individuals by Type of Family: 2001	12	(1)
Experimental Poverty Rates by Age: 2001	13	(3)
Experimental Poverty Measures: 1999 to 2001	16	(1)
Experimental Poverty Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin: 2001	16	(1)
Experimental Poverty Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2001	17	(2)
Detailed tables
Poverty Status of People by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Family Relationship, 1959 to 2001	19	(3)
Poverty Status of People by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, 1959 to 2001	22	(3)
Poverty Status of Families by Presence of Related Children, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Type of Family, 1959 to 2001	25	(8)
Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family, Age of Householder, and Number of Related Children, 2001	33	(1)
Poverty Status of People by Family Status, Sex, Age, Nativity, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	34	(8)
Ratio of Income to Poverty Level by Race, Hispanic Origin, Metropolitan Status, Region, Work Experience, Program Participation Status, Sex, Age, and Household Relationship, 2001	42	(40)
Program Participation Status of Households by Race, Hispanic Origin, Poverty Status, Sex, Age, and Household Relationship of People, 2001	82	(20)
Poverty Status of People by Metropolitan Residence, Region, Sex, Age, Household Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	102	(50)
Poverty Status of People by Poverty Rate of Neighborhood in 1989, Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, Age, Household Relationship, Metropolitan Residence and Region, Program Participation Status, Education, and Work Experience, 2001	152	(18)
Poverty Status of People Aged 16 or Older by Work Experience, Family Earnings, Sex, Age, Household Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	170	(9)
Poverty Status of People Aged 25 or Older by Educational Attainment, Sex, Age, Nativity, Household Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	179	(5)
Poverty Status of People Aged 16 to 24 by School Enrollment Status, Sex, Household Relationship, Employment Status, Race, Hispanic Origin, 2001	184	(3)
Poverty Status of People Aged 16 or Older by Age, Household Relationship, Sex, Presence of Children, Marital Status, Work Experience, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	187	(7)
Poverty Status of People Aged 16 or Older by Work Experience, Sex, Age, Household Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	194	(5)
People Aged 16 or Older by Reason for Not Working or Reason for Spending Time Out of the Labor Force, by Poverty, Status, Sex, Age, and Household Relationship, 2001	199	(3)
Poverty Status of People by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	202	(4)
Number and Percent Distribution of People by Ratio of Income to Poverty Level by Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, Household Relationship, Marital Status, Work Experience, Education, Program Participation, Household Size, Metropolitan Status, and Region, 2001	206	(4)
Poverty Status of Families by Type of Family, Age of Householder, Presence of Related Children, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	210	(18)
Poverty Status of Families and People by Type of Family, Work Experience of Family Members, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	228	(12)
Ratio of Income to Poverty Threshold for Families and Unrelated Individuals by Family Type and Source of Income, 2001	240	(24)
Poverty Status of Families and People by Family Type, Metropolitan Status, Region, Division, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2001	264	(7)
Income Deficit or Surplus of Families and Unrelated Individuals by Race, Hispanic Origin, Poverty Status, Type of Family, and Presence of Children, 2001	271	(5)
Health Insurance Coverage Status of People by Poverty Status, Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, Age, Region, Metropolitan Residence, Household Relationship, and Work Experience, 2001	276	(32)
Pension Plan Coverage Status of Workers by Poverty Status, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Work Experience, Size of Employer, Occupation, Household Relationship, Age, Metropolitan Status, Region, and Earnings, 2001	308	(30)
Percent of People in Poverty by Definition of Income, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Household Relationship, Metropolitan Status, Region, Education, Work Experience, Program Participation, and Health Insurance Status, 2001	338	(12)
Percent of Family in Poverty by Definition of Income, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Type of Family, Metropolitan Status, Region, Education, work Experience, Program Participation, and Health Insurance, 2001	350	(13)
Appendix A: Sample Expansion and Introduction of Census 2000-Based Population Controls	363	(4)
Table A-1. Effect of CPS Sample Expansion on Estimates of People and Families in Poverty: 2000	364	(1)
Table A-2. Number of Poor and Poverty Rate by State: 2000	365	(1)
Table A-3. People and Families in Poverty in 2000: Comparison of Estimates Using Census 2000-Based and Census 1990-Based Population Controls	366	(1)
Appendix B: Current Population Survey Glossary	367	(11)
Appendix C: Source and Accuracy of Current Population Survey Estimates	378	(4)
Index	382