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Childhood Poverty Rates In The United States, 1990 - 2014, Sebastian Villamizar-Santamaria
Childhood Poverty Rates In The United States, 1990 - 2014, Sebastian Villamizar-Santamaria
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
Introduction: This report investigates the trends in childhood poverty rates between 1990 and 2014 in the United States.
Methods: Data were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, reorganized for public use by the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, IPUMSusa. Trends in childhood poverty rates are examined by children’s sex, race/ethnicity, nativity, and among the five largest Latino national subgroups. This report also compares current state-level childhood poverty rates using the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau. These 2014 state-level childhood poverty rates are mapped to illustrate the distribution of childhood poverty rates across …