Guidance on Survey Differences in Income and Poverty Estimates
Fact Sheet: Differences between the Income and Poverty Estimates from the American Community Survey
and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey
POVERTY DEFINITION, THRESHOLDS AND GUIDELINES:How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty Poverty Thresholds HHS Poverty Guidelines
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY (CPS): (CPS homepage)Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2003 (P60-226) Detailed Poverty Tables: 2003 (links to CPS site) Detailed Poverty Tables: Previous Years Historical Tables from the Current Population Survey: 1959-2003 Previously Issued CPS Poverty Reports Low Income Uninsured Children by State People 65 Years and Over by Ratio of Income to Poverty and State CPS Definitions and Explanations
AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) (ACS Home Page)Profiles (Table 3 contains income statistics) Multi-Year Profile Detailed tables
SMALL AREA INCOME AND POVERTY ESTIMATES (SAIPE) (SAIPE Home Page) Providing intercensal estimates of income and poverty consistent with the CPS.Model-based estimates for states, counties, and school districts. For further information about SAIPE, please see Documentation.
SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION (SIPP): (SIPP homepage)Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1996 to 1999: Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1993 to 1994:
DECENNIAL CENSUS:
Trap Door? Revolving Door? Or Both? Previously Issued SIPP Poverty ReportsCensus 2000 1990 Census 1960, 1970, 1980 Census
RECENT POVERTY MEASUREMENT RESEARCH
OTHER:FERRET Data Extraction and Review Tool (March CPS and SIPP Data): Look at already created tables or create your own tables/extract files Surveys-on-Call - Data Extraction System to create custom data extracts from surveys CD-ROM Ordering Information Requests for Special Tabulations
Source: U.S. Census BureauRelated Sites - Institute for Research on Poverty Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
Last Revised: September 08, 2004