POVERTY
- The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.
US POVERTY RATE
Poverty in the United States:
- The official poverty rate in 2011 was 15%
- 46.2 million people were poverty during that year
- Children under 18 is 21%
- 18-64 is 13.6 percent
- Ages 65 and older is 8.7%
Poverty Measure:
Mollie Orshanky:
-She constructed a poverty measure to assess the relative low-income status and differentiation…
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