Measuring Poverty: A New Approach

by Panel On Pove National Research Council and National Research Council

Each year's poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media. Yet questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions change.

In Measuring Poverty a distinguished panel provides policymakers with an up-to-date evaluation of:

Concepts and procedures for deriving the poverty threshold, including adjustments for different family circumstances. Definitions of family...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309051282
• ISBN13: 9780309051286
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 521 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"