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:CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY (CPS): (CPS homepage)
How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty
Poverty Thresholds
HHS Poverty Guidelines
AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) (ACS Home Page)
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2003 (P60-226)
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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
SMALL AREA INCOME AND POVERTY ESTIMATES (SAIPE) (SAIPE Home Page) Providing intercensal estimates of income and poverty consistent with the CPS.
Profiles (Table 3 contains income statistics)
Multi-Year Profile
Detailed tables
SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION (SIPP): (SIPP homepage)
Model-based estimates for states, counties, and school districts.
For further information about SAIPE, please see Documentation.
DECENNIAL CENSUS:
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1996 to 1999:
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1993 to 1994:
Trap Door? Revolving Door? Or Both?Previously Issued SIPP Poverty Reports
RECENT POVERTY MEASUREMENT RESEARCH
Census 2000
1990 Census
1960, 1970, 1980 Census
OTHER:Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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
Related Sites - Institute for Research on Poverty Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
Last Revised: September 08, 2004