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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Price and Index Number Research > Price research data > Research Poverty Thresholds

Price And Index Number Research NAS Page

C. Citro and R. Michaels (Eds.)
National Academies Press, 1995

Reprinted with permission from Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences, Courtesy of the National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.

Acknowledgements (PDF)

Contents (PDF)

Preface (PDF)

Summary and Recommendations (PDF)

Chapters

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview (PDF)
Chapter 2. Poverty Thresholds (PDF)
Chapter 3. Adjusting Poverty Thresholds (PDF)
Chapter 4. Defining Resources (PDF)
Chapter 5. Effects of the Proposed Poverty Measure (PDF)
Chapter 6. Other Issues in Measuring Poverty (PDF)
Chapter 7. Use of the Poverty Measure in Government Assistance Programs (PDF)
Chapter 8. The Poverty Measure and AFDC (PDF)

Appendices

Appendix A. Dissent (PDF)
Appendix B. Data Sources for Measuring Poverty (PDF)
Appendix C. The Interdependence of Time and Money (PDF)
Appendix D. Assistance Programs for People with Low Incomes (PDF)
References and Bibliography (PDF)
Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff (PDF)
Index (PDF)

Last Modified Date: January 4, 2011