Rural Data, People, And Policy
Rural Data, People, And Policy

Author: Lis M. Maurer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1000310345

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This volume paints a critical view of the state of rural data systems in America with a collection of contributions leading scholars in the social sciences arena. It places an important wake-up call social scientists engaged in rural research, alerting them to the problems of existing data systems.

Measuring Poverty
Measuring Poverty

Author: Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance: Concepts, Information Needs, and Measurement Methods

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-05-10

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 0309538483

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Each year's poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media. Yet questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions change. In Measuring Poverty a distinguished panel provides policymakers with an up-to-date evaluation of Concepts and procedures for deriving the poverty threshold, including adjustments for different family circumstances. Definitions of family resources. Procedures for annual updates of poverty measures. The volume explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefits. In supporting its recommendations the panel provides insightful recognition of the political and social dimensions of this key economic indicator. Measuring Poverty will be important to government officials, policy analysts, statisticians, economists, researchers, and others involved in virtually all poverty and social welfare issues.