| Experimental Poverty Measures: Summary of a Workshop Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc (Author), Committee on National Statistics (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309095204 ISBN-13: 9780309095204 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.5 |
| LCCN: 2005297624 |
| Physical Information: 56 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Research Council (NRC) convened a workshop on June 15-16, 2004, to review federal research on alternative methods for measuring poverty. The workshop had been requested by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to evaluate progress in moving toward a new measure of poverty, as recommended by the 1995 report, Measuring Poverty: A New Approach. Experimental Poverty Measures is the summary of that workshop. This report discusses which components of alternative measures are methodologically sound and which might need further refinement, toward the goal of narrowing the number of alternative measures that should be considered. |