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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED336485 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Poverty in the United States: 1988 and 1989. Current
Population Reports, Consumer Income.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
JOURNAL: Current-Population-Reports; Seies P-60 n171
NOTE: 393 p.
AVAILABILITY: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
ABSTRACT: This report presents social and economic
characteristics of the population below the poverty level
in 1988 and 1989 based on the March 1989 and 1990 Current
Population Surveys. The poverty definition is that of the
Office of Management and Budget, consisting of a set of
thresholds that vary by family size and composition. The
average poverty threshold for a family of four was $12,092
in 1988 and $12,675 in 1989. Data consist of cross
classifications of poverty status by the following
characteristics: (1) age, (2) race, (3) Hispanic origin,
(4) family relationships, (5) educational attainment, (6)
work experience, and (7) type of income received. The
tables presented primarily focus on the country as a whole,
but some tables present data by region and type of
residence. These tables demonstrate that around 31.5
million persons were below the poverty level in 1988 and
1989, representing a poverty rate of approximately 13%.
About 52% of families below the poverty level were
maintained by women with no husband present. The poverty
rate in central cities was 18.1%, compared with 8.0% in
suburban areas, and about 59% of the poor lived in central
cities. Forty-three tables and two bar graphs present
statistical data. Five appendices with 13 tables give
supplemental information on data collection. (SLD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Age-Groups; Demography-; Economically
Disadvantaged; Educational-Attainment; Income-; National
Surveys; One-Parent-Family; Social-Problems; Statistical
Data; Tables-Data; Trend-Analysis; Urban-Population; Work
Experience
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Low-Income-Groups; *Population-Trends;
*Poverty-; *Socioeconomic-Status; *Urban-Problems
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