Measuring Poverty Publications

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This brief provides an up-to-date look at how pioneering states and localities are using – or plan to use – improved poverty measurement to build smarter social policy.

Parental employment, parental education, family structure and other variables each play an important role in predicting the likelihood that a child will endure economic hardship. We break down the facts and figures into five age groups of children: Under Age 3, Under Age 6, Ages 6 to 11, Ages 12 to 17, and Children Under 18.

Parental employment, parental education, family structure and other variables each play an important role in predicting the likelihood that a child will endure economic hardship. This fact sheet is part of an NCCP series that present the facts and figures broken down into five age groups: Under Age 3, Under Age 6, Ages 6 to 11, Ages 12 to 17, and Children Under 18.

Other Publications

• Basic Facts About Low-income Children
  Children Aged 6 through 11 Years, 2011
  Fact Sheet, January 2013
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children
  Children Under 6 Years, 2011
  Fact Sheet, January 2013
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children
  Children Under 3 Years, 2011
  Fact Sheet, January 2013
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010
  Children Under Age 18
  Fact Sheet, February 2012
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010
  Children Ages 12 through 17
  Fact Sheet, February 2012
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010
  Children Ages 6 through 11
  Fact Sheet, February 2012
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010
  Children Under Age 6
  Fact Sheet, February 2012
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2010
  Children Under Age 3
  Fact Sheet, February 2012
• Making Work Pay in Montana
  Brief, June 2011
• When Work Supports Don’t Support Work
  A Case for Parental Health Coverage in Mississippi
  Brief, May 2011
• Who are America’s Poor Children?
  The Official Story
  Brief, March 2011
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Under Age 3
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Under Age 6
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Aged 6 through 11
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Aged 12 through 17
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Under Age 18
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States, 2008
  Fact Sheet, August 2010
• Who Are America’s Poor Children?
  Examining Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States
  Report, August 2010
• Who are America’s Poor Children?
  The Official Story
  Brief, January 2010
• Ten Important Questions About Child Poverty and Family Economic Hardship
  Brochure, December 2009
• Low-income Children in the United States
  National and State Trend Data, 1998-2008
  Report, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Under Age 18
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Under Age 3
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Under Age 6
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Aged 6-11
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Aged 12-17
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Measuring Poverty in the United States
  Fact Sheet, May 2009
• Budgeting for Basic Needs
  A Struggle for Working Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Statement on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure
  Statement, July 2008
• Measuring Poverty in the United States
  Fact Sheet, June 2008
• Testimony on Measuring Poverty in America
  Testimony, August 2007
• The New Poverty Wars
  Debating the Frame(s)
  Opinion, April 2007
• Who are America’s Poor Children?
  The Official Story
  Fact Sheet, December 2006
• The New Poor
  Regional Trends in Child Poverty Since 2000
  Report, August 2006