| Measuring Poverty in the United States
Fass, Sarah
National Center for Children in Poverty, Fact Sheet, April 2009, 4p
"This fact sheet discusses how the U.S. government measures poverty, why the current measure is inadequate, and what alternative ways exist to measure economic hardship."
Sarah Fass researches child poverty and policies that promote the economic security and well-being of low-income families, including federal and state family and medical leave policies.
Go to the fact sheet at:
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_876.pdf
C19/03-09 Posted June 12, 2009
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