Chapter 6: Poverty
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Figure 6A: Poverty and twice poverty rate, 1959-2005
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Figure 6B: Poverty rates by race/ethnicity, 1973-2005
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Figure 6C: Family poverty gap and family poverty rates, 1959-2005
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Figure 6D: Percent of the poor below half the poverty line, 1975-2005
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Figure 6E: Poverty, native and foreign born, 1993-2004
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Figure 6F: Poverty rates, official compared to National Academy of Sciences alternatives, 1999 to 2004
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Figure 6G: Relative and absolute poverty, using adjusted income measures
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Figure 6H: Real low-wage growth, productivity, and unemployment during three five-year periods
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Figure 6I: Annual hours worked by low-income mothers, 1979-2004
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Figure 6J: Poverty determinants: impact on family poverty rates
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Figure 6K: Percent change in real wages with one-point decline in unemployment
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Figure 6L: Real hourly wages of low-wage workers
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Table 6.1: Percent and number of persons in poverty and twice poverty, 1959-2005
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Table 6.2: Persons in poverty, by race/ethnicity, 1959-2005
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Table 6.3: Percent of children in poverty, by race, 1979-2005
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Table 6.4: Family poverty, by race/ethnicity of family head and for different family types, 1959-2005
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Table 6.5: Average poverty gap, 1959-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 6.6: Poverty by place of birth, 1995-2005
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Table 6.7: Likelihood of a one-year-old child being poor at least five of the next 10 years, by age and family characteristics
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Table 6.8: Changes in poverty rates and various economic indicators, 1959-2004
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Table 6.9: Earnings, taxes, and benefits under differing scenarios for work and marriage in 1986 and 1996 (1996 dollars)
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Table 6.10: Alternative poverty measure, gains in the 1990s
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Table 6.11: Income components of low-income single mothers with at least two children
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Table 6.12: Employment rates of 16-24-year-olds, not in school, high school or less, by race
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Table 6.13: The impact of demographic and education changes on family poverty rates
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Table 6.14: Characteristics of low-wage workers, 2005
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