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Poverty: Trends, Causes and Cures (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Feb. 1, 1984
Report Number 84-9EPW
Report Type Report
Authors P. Royal Shipp
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The number of people in poverty in the 1Jnited States rose to 15 percent of the population in 1982, following 10 years of decline and 10 years of relative stability. This report summarizes the trends in poverty during the last 24 years; examines reasons for the changes in rates of poverty; analyzes measures used to calculate the number of poor Americans; and presents several vroposals to reduce the rate of poverty in the United States.