The Alternative Poverty Measure: How and Why Census Developed It
The Census Bureau recently issued a new Supplemental Poverty Measure that uses a wider range of factors than the official measure to account for people’s living expenses and their financial resources. The alternative measure comes after nearly a half century of debate over the best way to gauge the extent and depth of poverty. Read more of this analysis and see these related stories: Poverty Equation Changes for Cohabiting Couples and Hispanic Poverty Rate Highest In New Measure