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"The past quarter century witnessed an unprecedented decline in child poverty
rates. In 1993, the initial year of this decline, more than one in four
children in the United States lived in families whose economic
resources—including household income and government benefits—were below the
federal government’s Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) threshold. Twenty-six
years later, roughly one in 10 children lived in families whose economic
resources were below the threshold. This is an astounding decline in the child
poverty rate, which has seen child poverty reduced by more than half (59%; see
figure below). The magnitude of this decline in child poverty is unequaled in
the history of poverty measurement in the United States.
What led to this remarkable decline in child poverty? And did all subgroups of
children experience similar declines? We set out to answer these questions, to
understand the constellation of influences that led to this decline, with the
hope that what we learned would help policymakers sustain—and
accelerate—progress."
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
