An Updated Measure of Poverty: (Re)Drawing the Line

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Examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) and makes recommendations to update it to better reflect the resources available to households. Includes discussion of geographic variation in the cost of living in metropolitan versus nonmetro areas and the potential for a finer level of detail to reveal variations for expenses like housing and transportation.

2023

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Families · Housing and homelessness · Poverty · Research methods and resources · Statistics and data · Transportation