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Title: Trends in Receipt of Public Assistance and Poverty Status, 1970-2014

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This report examines comparative trends in receipt of public assistance and poverty rates between 1970 and 2014 in the United States, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.1 It explores these trends by race/ethnicity, age structure, and among the five largest Latino national subgroups. Receipt of public assistance is defined by receiving any amount of one’s income in the previous year from public assistance funds or not.2 Poverty status is defined by living below the federal poverty line in the previous year or not.3 There was an overall decline in the percentage of people who received public assistance between 1970 and 2014, which coincided with an increase in poverty rates over that period. In 1970, 3.2% of the population received public assistance, which dropped to 1.6% in 2014. At the same time, about 12.9% of the population was living in poverty in 1970, which increased to 14.3% in 2014. These patterns suggest an inverse relation between . . .

Url: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/clacls_pubs/69/

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Authors: Calcagno, Justine

Publisher: City University of New York

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Poverty and Welfare

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