Reuters

Key U.S. poverty measure hit record low in 2021 largely due to federal aid

Sept 13 (Reuters) - A key measure of how many Americans lived in poverty in 2021 fell to a record low thanks in large part to federal government assistance measures aimed at supporting households ...
Center for Public Integrity

Why the way we measure poverty matters

The way the country defines poverty has ripple effects for people's ability to access government help, including the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, known as WIC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty ...
Cal Alumni Association

Why Our Definition of Poverty Matters

Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University–led study. Based on household surveys in ...
Wall Street Journal

Another Wrong Way to Measure Poverty

Wonder Land: Citing the president’s age lets Democrats off the hook for the political failure of his economic policies. Images: AP/AFP/EPA/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The credibility of the ...

Gov’t better equipped to measure, address poverty

The Government of Jamaica is now better equipped to measure and address poverty across the island following the launch of the ...
Forbes

Series: Are We Using A Poor Measure For Poverty?

The measure of poverty in the United States, a basic basket of essential food items, hasn't changed in almost 60 years. One other stop we need to make before we delve into a look back at the look back ...
American Enterprise Institute

Changing the Official Poverty Measure Would Help Rich States and Hurt Poor States

In this post I discuss the policy implications of declaring the Supplemental Poverty Measure the new official measure, an action that could be taken unilaterally by the Director of the Office of ...
The New York Times

The Unfinished Pursuit of a Better Poverty Measure

On Tuesday the Census Bureau is scheduled to release income and poverty statistics for 2022. It’s safe to say that the report will be hard to interpret. Last year, the two poverty measures released by ...
The Hill

We’re using 1960s guidance to measure poverty in 2022

U.S. Census Bureau data released this fall sparked national attention over the historic drop in U.S. child poverty statistics for 2021. Many believe these figures will climb again following the ...
The Conversation

Cost of living crisis: it’s not enough to know how many people are below the poverty line – we need to measure poverty depth

The UK government’s most recent poverty statistics show that poverty rates declined during the first year of the pandemic. But this should offer little comfort to those concerned about the cost of ...
Center for American Progress

Improving the Measurement of Poverty

Mark Greenberg and Rebecca Blank recommend the adoption of a new poverty measure, along the lines recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), in order to provide a more accurate measure of ...