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Measuring Poverty: A New Approach (1995)
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. "5 EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED POVERTY MEASURE." Measuring Poverty: A New Approach. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1995.

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Measuring Poverty: A New Approach

TABLE 5-7 Poverty Rates by Population Group Under the Current and Proposed Measures, with Total Poverty Rate Held Constant at 14.5 Percent, 1992

	Poverty Rate (%)		Percentage Point Change
Population Group	Current Measure^a	Proposed Measure^b	Actual	Standardized^c
Age
Children under 18	21.87	21.66	-0.21	-0.14
Adults 18–64	11.70	12.23	0.53	0.66
Adults 65 and older	12.90	10.80	-2.10	-2.36
Race
White	11.60	12.04	0.44	0.55
Black	33.15	29.76	-3.39	-1.48
Other	17.39	19.06	1.67	1.39
Ethnicity
Hispanic	29.43	34.03	4.60	2.27
Non-Hispanic	13.06	12.62	-0.44	-0.49
Family Size
One person	21.75	15.77	-5.98	-3.99
Two persons	9.91	10.74	0.83	1.22
Three or four persons	11.50	12.84	1.34	1.69
Five or more persons	20.98	21.60	0.62	0.43
Welfare Status of Family
Receiving AFDC or SSI	59.39	44.04	-15.35	-3.75
Not receiving AFDC or SSI	9.60	11.30	1.70	2.57
Work Status of Family
One or more workers	9.09	10.55	1.46	2.33
No workers	37.91	31.70	-6.21	-2.38
Health Insurance Status of Family
No health insurance	31.95	37.87	5.92	2.69
Some health insurance	11.76	10.83	-0.93	-1.15
Region of Residence
Northeast	12.29	13.81	1.52	1.80
Midwest	13.10	12.21	-0.89	-0.99
South	16.89	15.36	-1.53	-1.32
West	14.39	16.48	2.09	2.11
NOTE: The poverty rates are for individuals: They are determined on the basis of comparing the income of their family (or one's own income if an unrelated individual) to the appropriate threshold. ^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. ^c See text for derivation.