Related Resources on Economic Security: Poverty and Income

National Data

A Profile of the Working Poor, 2000     (111kb)  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

America’s Children at Risk  U.S. Census Bureau

Children (Numbers and Characteristics)  U.S. Census Bureau

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being  U.S. Census Bureau

Poverty  U.S. Census Bureau

Poverty, Family Structure, and Child Well-Being: Indicators From the Sipp  U.S. Census Bureau (4/1/1998)

Poverty, Welfare, and Children: A Summary of the Data    
(57 kb)  Child Trends, Inc

Working Poor Families with Children: A Statistical Portrait    
(28 kb)  Child Trends, Inc

State Data

Small Area and County Income and Poverty Estimates  U.S. Census Bureau (11/3/1999)

Total Child Poverty in the States  National Center for Children in Poverty (12/1/1996)

Young Child Poverty in the States  National Center for Children in Poverty

Local Data

American Fact Finder  U.S. Census Bureau

International Comparisons

Child Poverty Conference Papers  Luxembourg Income Study (9/1/1999)

Child Poverty in Rich Nations  United Nations Children's Fund (6/1/2000)

Distribution of Children Living in Different Income Household in the 1990s  Luxembourg Income Study

Luxembourg Income Study Working Papers  Luxembourg Income Study

Luxembourg Income Study: Key Figures  Luxembourg Income Study

Poverty Rates for Children by Family Type in the Mid-Nineties  Luxembourg Income Study

Relative Poverty Rates for the Total Population, Children and the Elderly  Luxembourg Income Study

State of the World's Children 2003  United Nations Children's Fund