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Statistical Brief: Poverty — Long and Short Term

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Statistical Brief: Poverty — Long and Short Term

Report Number SB/94-34
Statistical Brief: Poverty — Long and Short Term
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Poverty is a temporary situation for some persons, a persistent condition for others.

Thanks to the Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), we can examine not only how many are poor at a point in time, but also how common poverty is on a long-term basis. We can also see how many move into and out of poverty over a period of time. Using a variety of measures, this Brief does each of these things.

Additional Information

Publication
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1990 to 1992
January 1995
This report uses data from SIPP to examine the incidence of poverty at a point in time and over a 32-month period. Longitudinal estimates are presented.

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