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Fig. 7 Trends in actual child poverty and simulated child poverty based on counterfactual prevalences of single motherhood in the United States, 1979–2019

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in The Role of Single Motherhood in America's High Child Poverty > Demography
Published: 01 August 2024
Fig. 7 Trends in actual child poverty and simulated child poverty based on counterfactual prevalences of single motherhood in the United States, 1979–2019 More
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Marital disruption and poverty: The role of survey procedures in artificially creating poverty

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Richard Burkhauser, Karen C. Holden, Daniel A. Myers
Demography (1986) 23 (4): 621–631.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061355
Published: 01 November 1986
...Richard Burkhauser; Karen C. Holden; Daniel A. Myers 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1986 1986 Poverty Rate Current Population Survey Survey Period Exit Rate Marital Disruption References Corcoran , M. , Duncan , G. J. , & Hill , M. S...
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Fig. 1 Conceptual framework connecting child poverty to young adult poverty

Conceptual framework connecting child poverty to young adult poverty

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in Exposure to Childhood Poverty and Racial Differences in Economic Opportunity in Young Adulthood > Demography
Published: 01 December 2022
Fig. 1 Conceptual framework connecting child poverty to young adult poverty More
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Fig. 2 Descriptive statistics on poverty at age 30 by childhood poverty duration, attainment of all three benchmarks, race, and sex. The sample is 5,994 young adults observed once between ages 25 and 30 in the PSID. Poverty = modified OPM with posttax/posttransfer income definition. Error bars reflect 95% confidence intervals. The share meeting all three benchmarks is 47.3% for White adults (54% for men, 40% for women) and 24.5% for Black adults (29% for men, 19% for women). Ch. Pov. = childhood poverty.

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in Exposure to Childhood Poverty and Racial Differences in Economic Opportunity in Young Adulthood > Demography
Published: 01 December 2022
Fig. 2 Descriptive statistics on poverty at age 30 by childhood poverty duration, attainment of all three benchmarks, race, and sex. The sample is 5,994 young adults observed once between ages 25 and 30 in the PSID. Poverty = modified OPM with posttax/posttransfer income definition. Error bars More
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Fig. 1 U.S. child poverty rates from 1967 to 2021 using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) (left) and relative poverty measure (right). These estimates are from the U.S. Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement, as well as the historical SPM data series from Fox et al. (2015). The relative poverty measure assesses household resources compared to 50% of the national equivalized median household income. See online appendix A for more detail.

U.S. child poverty rates from 1967 to 2021 using the Supplemental Poverty M...

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in The United States’ Record-Low Child Poverty Rate in International and Historical Perspective: A Research Note > Demography
Published: 01 December 2023
Fig. 1 U.S. child poverty rates from 1967 to 2021 using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) (left) and relative poverty measure (right). These estimates are from the U.S. Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement, as well as the historical SPM data series from Fox et More
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The Poverty Balancing Equation: Expressing Poverty of Place as a Population Process

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J. Tom Mueller
Demography (2021) 58 (6): 2065–2088.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9530075
Published: 01 December 2021
...J. Tom Mueller Abstract The accurate measurement of poverty is essential for the development of effective poverty policy. Unfortunately, approaches that use poverty rates to assess the causes and consequences of poverty do not fully capture the components of change in the poverty population because...
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Child poverty and changes in child poverty

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Wen-Hao Chen, Miles Corak
Demography (2008) 45 (3): 537–553.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0024
Published: 01 August 2008
...Wen-Hao Chen; Miles Corak Abstract This article offers a cross-country overview of child poverty, changes in child poverty, and the impact of public policy in North America and Europe. Levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD...
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Progress on Poverty? New Estimates of Historical Trends Using an Anchored Supplemental Poverty Measure

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Christopher Wimer, Liana Fox, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, Jane Waldfogel
Demography (2016) 53 (4): 1207–1218.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0485-7
Published: 28 June 2016
...Christopher Wimer; Liana Fox; Irwin Garfinkel; Neeraj Kaushal; Jane Waldfogel Abstract This study examines historical trends in poverty using an anchored version of the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently developed Research Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) estimated back to 1967. Although the SPM...
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The Role of Single Motherhood in America's High Child Poverty

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David Brady, Regina S. Baker, Ryan Finnigan
Demography (2024) 61 (4): 1161–1185.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11466590
Published: 01 August 2024
...Fig. 7 Trends in actual child poverty and simulated child poverty based on counterfactual prevalences of single motherhood in the United States, 1979–2019 ...
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Fig. 1 Changes in monthly income and poverty of married women who divorced and cohabiting women who separated. The sample comprises women aged 20–65 from the SOEP 1984–2021. Estimates are based on fixed-effects regression models with control groups and controls for age and period fixed at overall means of women at divorce/separation events. Control groups are observations of married or cohabiting women, respectively. Change in income is relative change in percent. Change in poverty is absolute change in percentage points estimated with linear probability models. EUR = euro.

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in Reassessing Chronic Strain: A Research Note on Women's Income Dynamics After Divorce and Separation > Demography
Published: 01 June 2024
Fig. 1 Changes in monthly income and poverty of married women who divorced and cohabiting women who separated. The sample comprises women aged 20–65 from the SOEP 1984–2021. Estimates are based on fixed-effects regression models with control groups and controls for age and period fixed at overall More
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Fig. 4 Black–White inequality quartiles for poverty rates in the U.S. South, 1970. Values are shown only for Southern counties in the analytic sample with consistent boundaries throughout the contemporary period (i.e., 1970–2018).

Black–White inequality quartiles for poverty rates in the U.S. South, 1970....

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in Spatiotemporal Changes in the Slavery–Inequality Relationship: The Diffusion of the Legacy of Slavery > Demography
Published: 01 June 2024
Fig. 4 Black–White inequality quartiles for poverty rates in the U.S. South, 1970. Values are shown only for Southern counties in the analytic sample with consistent boundaries throughout the contemporary period (i.e., 1970–2018). More
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Fig. 5 Black–White inequality quartiles for poverty rates in the U.S. South, 2014–2018 American Community Survey. Values are shown only for Southern counties in the analytic sample with consistent boundaries throughout the contemporary period (i.e., 1970–2018).

Black–White inequality quartiles for poverty rates in the U.S. South, 2014–...

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in Spatiotemporal Changes in the Slavery–Inequality Relationship: The Diffusion of the Legacy of Slavery > Demography
Published: 01 June 2024
Fig. 5 Black–White inequality quartiles for poverty rates in the U.S. South, 2014–2018 American Community Survey. Values are shown only for Southern counties in the analytic sample with consistent boundaries throughout the contemporary period (i.e., 1970–2018). More
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Fig. 1 Child poverty rates across 30 rich democracies (upper panel) and within the United States in 1979–2019 (lower panel). In the upper panel, the horizontal line represents the median child poverty rate, and vertical lines indicate the 95% confidence intervals. AUS = Australia. AUT = Austria. BEL = Belgium. CAN = Canada. CHE = Switzerland. CZE = Czech Republic. DEU = Germany. DNK = Denmark. ESP = Spain. EST = Estonia. FIN = Finland. FRA = France. GBR = Great Britain. GRC = Greece. HUN = Hungary. IRL = Ireland. ISL = Iceland. ISR = Israel. ITA = Italy. JPN = Japan. LTU = Lithuania. LUX = Luxembourg. NLD = The Netherlands. NOR = Norway. POL = Poland. SVK = Slovakia. SVN = Slovenia. SWE = Sweden. TWN = Taiwan. USA = United States of America.

Child poverty rates across 30 rich democracies (upper panel) and within the...

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in The Role of Single Motherhood in America's High Child Poverty > Demography
Published: 01 August 2024
Fig. 1 Child poverty rates across 30 rich democracies (upper panel) and within the United States in 1979–2019 (lower panel). In the upper panel, the horizontal line represents the median child poverty rate, and vertical lines indicate the 95% confidence intervals. AUS = Australia. AUT = Austria More
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Fig. 5 Trends in child poverty and the prevalence of single motherhood in the United States in 1979–2019, indexed to 1979  =  100

Trends in child poverty and the prevalence of single motherhood in the Unit...

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in The Role of Single Motherhood in America's High Child Poverty > Demography
Published: 01 August 2024
Fig. 5 Trends in child poverty and the prevalence of single motherhood in the United States in 1979–2019, indexed to 1979  =  100 More
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Fig. 6 Child poverty in the United States (2018): Actual, predicted, and simulated poverty based on the counterfactual prevalence of single motherhood (in parentheses). See Figure 1 for country abbreviations.

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in The Role of Single Motherhood in America's High Child Poverty > Demography
Published: 01 August 2024
Fig. 6 Child poverty in the United States (2018): Actual, predicted, and simulated poverty based on the counterfactual prevalence of single motherhood (in parentheses). See Figure 1 for country abbreviations. More
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Privacy, poverty, and old age

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John C. Beresford, Alice M. Rivlin
Demography (1966) 3 (1): 247–258.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060076
Published: 01 March 1966
... of a separate dwelling unit not shared with other relatives or nonrelatives. The typical modern American appar- ently puts a high value on having a sepa- * Revision of a paper presented at the meet- ings of the Population Association of America, April 23, 1965. PRIVACY, POVERTY, AND OLD AGE· JOHN C. BERESFORD...
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Structural Change and the Aggregate Poverty Rate

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Donald R. Williams
Demography (1991) 28 (2): 323–332.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061283
Published: 01 May 1991
...Donald R. Williams Abstract This paper measures the extent to whichrecent increasesin the aggregate povertyrate are attributable to the changing distribution of employment across industries. We decompose the total poverty rate change over the 1976-1983 period into components attributable...
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The level and trend of poverty in the United States, 1939–1979

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Christine Ross, Sheldon Danziger, Eugene Smolensky
Demography (1987) 24 (4): 587–600.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061394
Published: 01 November 1987
...Christine Ross; Sheldon Danziger; Eugene Smolensky 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Poverty Line Household Head Poverty Rate Current Population Survey Unrelated Individual References Bowen , W. G. , &amp; Finegan , T. A. ( 1969...
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The timing of falls into poverty after retirement and widowhood

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Karen C. Holden, Richard V. Burkhauser, Daniel J. Feaster
Demography (1988) 25 (3): 405–414.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061540
Published: 01 August 1988
...Karen C. Holden; Richard V. Burkhauser; Daniel J. Feaster Abstract A major concern of workers, even those financially prepared for retirement, is that a small risk of poverty may grow over time. Cross-sectional data showing that older cohorts have higher poverty rates substantiate this concern...
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From austerity to prosperity? Migration and child poverty among mainland and island Puerto Ricans

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R.S. Oropesa, Nancy S. Landale
Demography (2000) 37 (3): 323–338.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2648045
Published: 01 August 2000
... approach that includes data from both the origin and the destination. Specifically, the primary objective is to determine how and why the risk of child poverty is associated with migration from Puerto Rico to the United States. The results show that migration reduces the risk of child poverty, partly...
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