The Supplemental Poverty Measure: Is Child Poverty Really Less of a Problem Than We Thought?

Combating Poverty
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Shawn Fremstad
August 9, 2012
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This analysis from Shawn Fremstad looks at the differences between the child and elderly poverty rates according to the current official and the new supplemental poverty measures, as well as compared to rates of food insecurity and health uninsurance. Fremstad also discusses the growing inequality in parental spending on children's development:

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