Chapter contents

• Poverty measurement
  • Official poverty line
    This section contains these charts: 7A | 7B | 7C | 7D | 7E | 7F | 7G
  • Supplemental Poverty Measure
    This section contains these charts: 7.1 | 7H
  • Relative poverty
    This section contains these charts: 7I
• The working poor
  • Poverty-level wages
    This section contains these charts: 7J | 7K
  • Job quality
    This section contains these charts: 7L
  • Work hours
    This section contains these charts: 7.2
• Determinants of low incomes
  • The macro economy and poverty
    This section contains these charts: 7M | 7N | 7O
  • The impact of economic, demographic, and education changes on poverty rates
    This section contains these charts: 7.3 | 7P | 7Q
• Resources for low-income Americans
  This section contains these charts: 7R | 7S | 7T
• International comparisons
  • Poverty and the earnings distribution
    This section contains these charts: 7U | 7V | 7W | 7X | 7Y
  • Resource allocation
    This section contains these charts: 7Z | 7AA