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Measuring Poverty: A New Approach
TABLE 5-6 Composition of the Total and Poverty Populations Under the Current and Proposed Measures, with Total Poverty Rate Held Constant at 14.5 Percent, 1992
a A threshold of $14,228 for two-adult/two-child families.
b A threshold of $13,175 for two-adult/two-child families, with a 0.75 scale economy factor; see text for discussion.
course, there are significant differences in poverty rates among groups under the current measure: for example, the rate for children (22%) is 50 percent higher than the overall rate of 14.5 percent; the rate for people in families receiving AFDC or SSI (59%) is 310 percent higher than the overall rate; and the rate for people in working families (9%) is 37 percent lower than the overall rate (see first column of Table 5-7). Hence, it is important to find an
