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Trends In Receipt Of Public Assistance And Poverty Status, 1970 – 2014, Justine Calcagno
Trends In Receipt Of Public Assistance And Poverty Status, 1970 – 2014, Justine Calcagno
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
Introduction: This report examines comparative trends in receipt of public assistance and poverty rates between 1970 and 2014.
Methods: This study uses the American Community Survey PUMS (Public Use Microdata Series) data for all years considered here released by the Census Bureau and reorganized for public use by the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, IPUMSusa. Receipt of public assistance is defined by receiving any amount of one’s income in the previous year from public assistance funds or not. Poverty status is defined by living below the federal poverty line in the previous year or not.
Results: There was an …