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Students explore the Census Bureau's Homepage on the Internet to gather data regarding trends in population, poverty guidelines, and social characteristics between caucasians and minorities. The data is used to investigate evidence for...
University of Wisconsin
Institute for Research on Poverty: How Is Poverty Measured in the United States?
Describes how the United States measures poverty. Includes graphs comparing poverty rates over time, in different states, in different ethnic or age groups, etc.
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Us Health & Human Services: Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
This site from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provides resources on both poverty threshold and poverty guidelines, and describes how they are used by federal programs for setting eligibility criteria.
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Health & Human Services: Development and History of u.s. Poverty Thresholds
A review of the development and history of the current, official poverty thresholds.