Real Life Poverty in America [electronic resource] : Where the American Public Would Set the Poverty Line / William O'Hare and Others.

This report discusses the results of a 1989 poll conducted by the Gallup Organization in which a representative sample of Americans were asked where they would set the poverty line. The poverty line in current use by the Federal Government was created in the mid-1960s, using data from the 1950s. Set...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	O'Hare, William P.
Corporate Author:	Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990.
Subjects:	Economically Disadvantaged. Family Financial Resources. Federal Government. Low Income. Poverty. Standards. Surveys.