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Childhood Poverty Rates In New York City Between 1990 And 2010, Karen Okigbo
Childhood Poverty Rates In New York City Between 1990 And 2010, Karen Okigbo
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
Introduction: This report examines trends in childhood poverty in New York City between 1990 and 2010.
Methods: Data on poverty rates were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, reorganized for public use by the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, IPUMSusa. Children are defined as those people 14 years of age and under. Cases in the data set were weighted and analyzed to produce population estimates. Poverty rates (in percentages) were then calculated from population estimates.
Results: The childhood poverty rate in New York City was steady over time, at 31% in 1990, 32% in 2000, and …