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The Association Between Legal Status and Poverty Among Immigrants: A Methodological Caution

Cody Spence, James D. Bachmeier, Claire E. Altman, Christal Hamilton
Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2327–2335.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-020-00933-0
Published: 29 October 2020
... about legal status (survey approach). We show that the two methods yield contrasting conclusions. In models using the logical approach, among noncitizens, being a legal permanent resident (LPR) is counterintuitively associated with a significantly greater net probability of being below the poverty line...
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Reactions to Blake and Das Gupta’s “The fallacy of the five million women: A re-estimate”

Phillips Cutright
Demography (1973) 10 (4): 663–672.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060891
Published: 01 November 1973
...Phillips Cutright Abstract This article reviews the methods used by Blake and Das Gupta (1972) to estimate need for contraceptive protection among single (never-married) and previously married women below the near-poverty line in 1966. More recent data than those used by Blake and Das Gupta...
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Have family income mobility patterns changed?

Maury Gittleman, Mary Joyce
Demography (1999) 36 (3): 299–314.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2648054
Published: 01 August 1999
...Maury Gittleman; Mary Joyce Abstract We examine the mobility of individuals in the United States based on equivalent family income-that is, total income of all family members adjusted for family size according to the equivalence scale implicit in the U.S. poverty line. Our analysis, which tracks...
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Extreme poverty without (solid lines) and with (dashed lines) homelessness

Extreme poverty without (solid lines) and with (dashed lines) homelessness

in The Levels and Trends in Deep and Extreme Poverty in the United States, 1993–2016 > Demography
Published: 15 October 2020
Fig. 9 Extreme poverty without (solid lines) and with (dashed lines) homelessness More
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World Bank estimates of percentage in poverty for all low- and middle-income countries and by region, poverty line per capita household consumption less than $1.25 per day, 2005 U.S. dollars. Data are from Chen and Ravallion (2010)

World Bank estimates of percentage in poverty for all low- and middle-incom...

in How the World Survived the Population Bomb: Lessons From 50 Years of Extraordinary Demographic History > Demography
Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 9 World Bank estimates of percentage in poverty for all low- and middle-income countries and by region, poverty line per capita household consumption less than $1.25 per day, 2005 U.S. dollars. Data are from Chen and Ravallion ( 2010 ) More
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Unadjusted and TRIM3-adjusted SNAP amounts as a fraction of administrative SNAP amounts by income relative to poverty line, CPS NY 2010. Data are from Mittag (2019: table 2)

Unadjusted and TRIM3-adjusted SNAP amounts as a fraction of administrative ...

in A Cautionary Tale of Using Data From the Tail > Demography
Published: 15 October 2020
Fig. 2 Unadjusted and TRIM3-adjusted SNAP amounts as a fraction of administrative SNAP amounts by income relative to poverty line, CPS NY 2010. Data are from Mittag ( 2019 : table 2) More
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Missing SNAP, TANF, housing assistance, and general assistance dollars as a fraction of reported cash income by income relative to poverty line, CPS NY 2009–2011. Data are from Meyer and Mittag (2019: table 2)

Missing SNAP, TANF, housing assistance, and general assistance dollars as a...

in A Cautionary Tale of Using Data From the Tail > Demography
Published: 15 October 2020
Fig. 1 Missing SNAP, TANF, housing assistance, and general assistance dollars as a fraction of reported cash income by income relative to poverty line, CPS NY 2009–2011. Data are from Meyer and Mittag ( 2019 : table 2) More
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The increasing risk of poverty across the American life course

Daniel A. Sandoval, Mark R. Rank, Thomas A. Hirschl
Demography (2009) 46 (4): 717–737.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0082
Published: 01 November 2009
... Population Association of America 2009 2009 Life Table Census Bureau Poverty Line Poverty Rate Panel Study References Allison P.D. ( 1995 ). Survival Analysis Using the SAS System: A Practical Guide . Cary, NC : SAS Institute . Andreski P. , Stafford F...
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The poor as a “perfect contraceptive population” and zero population growth

Karl E. Bauman
Demography (1972) 9 (3): 507–510.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060870
Published: 01 August 1972
... to women in low-income families would have yielded completed fertility much above that required for zero population growth. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1972 1972 Poverty Line Replacement Level Family Planning Program Poverty Status Population Index References...
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A Cautionary Tale of Using Data From the Tail

James X. Sullivan
Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2361–2368.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-020-00926-z
Published: 15 October 2020
...Fig. 2 Unadjusted and TRIM3-adjusted SNAP amounts as a fraction of administrative SNAP amounts by income relative to poverty line, CPS NY 2010. Data are from Mittag ( 2019 : table 2) ...
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The level and trend of poverty in the United States, 1939–1979

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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Annual absolute change in poverty by gender of head. Based on headcount indices of poverty measured using household consumption per capita as given in Table 5 and computed from household consumption surveys for countries and time spells listed in Table 5. The continuous line represents the 45 degree line of equality

Annual absolute change in poverty by gender of head. Based on headcount ind...

in Women Left Behind? Poverty and Headship in Africa > Demography
Published: 08 May 2017
Fig. 3 Annual absolute change in poverty by gender of head. Based on headcount indices of poverty measured using household consumption per capita as given in Table 5 and computed from household consumption surveys for countries and time spells listed in Table 5 . The continuous line More
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The timing of falls into poverty after retirement and widowhood

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
... of America 1988 1988 Social Security Poverty Line Poverty Status Poverty Threshold Income Change References Allison , P. D. ( 1982 ). Discrete-time methods for the analysis of event histories . In S. Leinhardt (Ed.), Sociological Methodology, 1982 (pp. 61 – 98 ). San...
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Child poverty and changes in child poverty

Wen-Hao Chen, Miles Corak
Demography (2008) 45 (3): 537–553.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0024
Published: 01 August 2008
... and are beyond the information sources available to us. Further, our analysis uses a xed poverty line. In a growing economy, a xed poverty line focuses on the least challenging standard by which to judge progress. As such, our re- search asks the following: given the income standards that prevailed in about...
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Children Among the Poor

James P. Smith
Demography (1989) 26 (2): 235–248.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061522
Published: 01 May 1989
... . Jencks , C. ( 1987 ). The politics of income measurement . In W. Alonso , &amp; P. Starr (Eds.), The Politics of Numbers . New York : Russell Sage Foundation . Kilpatrick , R. W. ( 1973 ). he income elasticity of the poverty line . Review of Economics and Statistics , 55...
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Muslim–Non-Muslim Locational Attainment in Philadelphia: A New Fault Line in Residential Inequality?

Samantha Friedman, Recai M. Yucel, Colleen E. Wynn, Joseph R. Gibbons
Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1327–1348.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00797-z
Published: 25 June 2019
... median income, however, become insignificant. Our results provide support for the tenets of the spatial assimilation and place stratification models and suggest that Muslim–non-Muslim disparities in locational attainment define a new fault line in residential stratification. Springer Nature remains...
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Fertility and the need for family planning among the rural poor in the United States

George Wilber
Demography (1968) 5 (2): 894–909.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060279
Published: 01 June 1968
... and income as well as better housing, more education, and a great many other things are neces- Thus, out of about 29 million persons below the officially recognized poverty line, almost four out of ten lived in rural areas. In a population that is at least 70 percent urban, people in rural areas evidently...
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Why poverty remains high: The role of income growth, economic inequality, and changes in family structure, 1949–1999

John Iceland
Demography (2003) 40 (3): 499–519.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0025
Published: 01 August 2003
... Arrangements of Children: Fall 1996: Current Population Reports . Washington, DC : U.S. Census Bureau . Fisher G.M. ( 1995 ). Is There Such a Thing as an Absolute Poverty Line Over Time? Evidence From the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia on the Income Elasticity of the Poverty Line...
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Who Receives Food Stamps During Adulthood? Analyzing Repeatable Events With Incomplete Event Histories

Lloyd D. Grieger, Sheldon H. Danziger
Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1601–1614.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-011-0056-x
Published: 19 August 2011
... household income is below 130% of the federal poverty line, and if net income is below 100% of the poverty line. As of October 1, 2008, the U.S. Federal Food Stamp Program was renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We use the former name because 2006 is the end of our analysis period...
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Demographics of dumping ii: a national environmental equity survey and the distribution of hazardous materials handlers

Pamela Davidson, Douglas L. Anderton
Demography (2000) 37 (4): 461–466.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2000.0002
Published: 01 November 2000
... of families below the poverty line, the percentage of males in the labor force, and median household income provide measures of neighborhoods economic or class characteristics. In line with previous environmental eq- uity research, the percentage of persons age 18 and older without a high school diploma...
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