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-
Cities:
Hunger
and Homelessness Survey (December 2007) PDF-72 pages [city
profiles of homelessness including Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and San
Francisco]
- U.S.:
Income,
Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006
(2007) PDF-27 pages |
Highlights
- California:
Child Poverty in California (2006)
- Recent report:
Dynamics of
Economic Well-Being: Participation in Government Programs, 2001-2003: Who
Gets Assistance? (2006) PDF-26 pages
- Recent report:
Poverty Guidelines,
Research, and Measurements (2006)
- Recent report:
Poverty
in California (2006) PDF-2 pages
- Recent report:
Poverty
in California (2006)[PPIC] PDF-28 pages (Orange County data, Los
Angeles County data, regional data)
-
Recent report:
Poverty in California, Moving Beyond the Federal Measure [PPIC] (2006) PDF-28 pages
Examines
an alternative poverty measurement to adjust for the costs of rental
housing in California. Topics include: comparisons of the adjusted
measure with the federal poverty measurement (by race/ethnicity, age,
education attainment, gender, family characteristics), poverty trends (by
household structure, workers in household, immigrant status), income
trends, and more.
- Recent report:
Understanding Mobility in America (2006)
PDF-44 pages (probabilities of moving
into higher and lower income brackets (by race and income quintile),
family characteristics (education, race, gender of head of household,
size), income unpredictability (over time and by quintile), and more.
- Recent report: "Ending Poverty,"
CQ Researcher, September
9, 2005.
- Recent report—California:
Child Poverty in California (2006)
-
Recent report—California:
Poverty in California (2006) PDF-2 pages
-
Recent report:
Poverty Guidelines,
Research, and Measurements (2006)
- Recent report:
Small Area
Poverty and Income Estimates (2005) [data for school districts,
counties, and states]
-
Background and
statistics: Poverty in the United States
CATALOG RECORD
|
INTERNET
VERSION
- Recent report:
Understanding
Mobility in America (2006)
PDF-44 pages (probabilities of
moving into higher and lower income brackets (by race and income
quintile), family characteristics (education, race, gender of head of
household, size), income unpredictability (over time and by quintile),
and more.
- Background
and statistics:
Green Book 2004:
APENDIX H--scroll down to APPENDIX H
-
Census tract data:
Areas with
Concentrated Poverty: 1999 (2005) PDF-11 pages (some California
data)
-
Working poor:
A Profile of the Working
Poor, 2003 (2005) PDF-14 pages
- Poverty &
Health Insurance: Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without Health
Insurance Rise (August 2004) [Census Bureau]
- California trends:
Trends in Family and Household Poverty
[California]
(2000)
PDF-12 pages
- City, County, and State data:
Demographic
Profiles: Census 2000
Note:
This site gives
poverty data for every state, county, and city.
After selecting state and city, go to page 3
of report for INCOME and
POVERTY data. -
County & metro areas:
Health and Healthcare in the United
States: County and Metro Area Data
CATALOG RECORD
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States & counties:
Poverty Estimates for States and Counties [Census Bureau]
-
Definition & Thresholds:
Poverty
Definition, Thresholds, and Guidelines & Statistics
[Census Bureau reports and threshold definitions]
- Trends:
Poverty, Income See Slight Changes; Child Poverty Rate Unchanged
(September 2003)
- Historical data:
Historical Poverty Tables
- U.S.: Statistical Portrait
of the United States: Social Conditions and Trends. SEE Chapter 6. (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
- Statistics
& trends: Money Income in the United States:
2001 (2002)
PDF-33 pages
Excerpt: "After
falling for four straight years, the nation's poverty rate rose from
11.3 percent in 2000 to 11.7 percent in 2001. Median household income
declined 2.2 percent in real terms from its 2000 level to $42,228 in
2001, according to reports released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau." (9/24/02).
- African Americans:
Black Americans: A Statistical
Sourcebook
CATALOG RECORD
- Hispanic
Americans: Money Income in the United States:
2000 [data on Hispanic Americans &
poverty] (2001)
PDF-26 pages
- Children:
Child Poverty
Facts
- Public opinion surveys:
Public Agenda: Poverty & Welfare
- Income distribution:
Official Guide to American Incomes:
The Demographics of Who Does and Who Doesn't Have Money
CATALOG RECORD
- Maps:
Atlas of American Society (1995)
CATALOG RECORD
- Trends:
Measuring 50 Years of Economic Change
CATALOG RECORD &
INTERNET LINK
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 Below
is a list of recent books.
To find additional books, search
the
Library Catalog by the
samples searches listed here.
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- Core resource:
Poverty
in the United States
Print:
DOCS/US C 3.186/22
CATALOG RECORD
Online:
INTERNET
VERSION
- Recent book:
Poverty and Inequality (2006)
CATALOG RECORD
- Recent book:
Poverty, work, and freedom: political economy and
the moral order (2005)
CATALOG RECORD
- Background
and statistics:
A Profile of the Working
Poor, 2003 (2005) PDF-14 pages
- Background
and statistics:
Green Book 2004: APENDIX H--scroll
down to APPENDIX H
-
Measuring the
Well-Being of the Poor: Demographics of Low-Income Households (2002)
- Poverty in America: Beyond Welfare
Reform (2002)
PDF-39 pages
- America's Struggle Against Poverty in
the Twentieth Century (2000)
CATALOG RECORD
- Battered Women, Children, and Welfare
Reform: The Ties that Bind (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Does America Hate the Poor? The Other
American Dilemma: Lessons for the 21st Century from the 1960's and the
1970's (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Fragile Families, Fragile Solutions: A
History of Supportive Services for Families in Poverty (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Homeless Mothers: Face to Face with
Women and Poverty (2000)
CATALOG RECORD
- Measuring 50 Years of Economic Change
CATALOG RECORD
[INTERNET LINK]
-
Poverty and Income
Distribution [links to several reports] [Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities]
- Poverty and Place: Ghettos, Barrios,
and the American City (1997)
CATALOG RECORD
- Poverty and Single Parent Families: A
Study of Minimal Subsistence Household Budgets (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Poverty, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime
(1997)
CATALOG RECORD
- What Government Can Do: Dealing with
Poverty and Inequality (2000)
CATALOG RECORD
To find
articles, search Pollak Library's
subscription databases. The links below will take you to a list of
relevant databases.
Databases--Statistics
Databases--Pro & Con
Databases--Scholarly Journals
Databases--Newspapers
Databases--Government Sources
Articles of note:
top
"Ending Poverty,"
CQ Researcher, September 9, 2005.
"State's Poverty Profile Changes;
Economics: In contrast to the U.S., nearly
half of impoverished children in
California live in a two-parent household. Most are the offspring of at
least one immigrant." Los Angeles Times, August 26, 2002.
Measuring Resources:
Another Look at Poverty Among Older Persons, Economics of Aging,
Spring 2002, pp. 1-4
PDF-8 pages
"Third of O.C. Kids Poor: Cal State
Fullerton analysis says when housing costs are factored in, O.C. poverty
rate spikes," Orange County Register, August 17, 2001. For
full text, search
ProQuest Newspapers
by Article Title.
E-Journal:
The Future of Children
(scholarly journal) - Search for articles on poverty
-
Cities:
Hunger
and Homelessness Survey (December 2007) PDF-72 pages [city
profiles of homelessness including Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and San
Francisco]
- Recent report:
Poverty in California (2006)
[PPIC]
- Recent report:
Child Poverty in California (2006)
- Recent report:
Poverty
in California (2006) PDF-2 pages
- Recent report:
Poverty
in California (2006)[PPIC] PDF-28 pages (Orange County data, Los
Angeles County data, regional data)
-
Recent report:
Poverty in California, Moving Beyond the Federal Measure[Public
Policy Institute of California] (2006) PDF-28 pages
Examines
an alternative poverty measurement to adjust for the costs of rental
housing in California. Topics include: comparisons of the adjusted
measure with the federal poverty measurement (by race/ethnicity, age,
education attainment, gender, family characteristics), poverty trends (by
household structure, workers in household, immigrant status), income
trends, and more.
- Recent report:
Poverty, Inequality, and Justice: A Vanishing
Middle Class in Southern California (2006) PDF-13 pages
Examines the LA economy by
looking at: who is poor (by ethnicity/race, education, geographic
region, industry), who is homeless (by geographic region), and who is
employed (by ethnicity/race, age, immigration status, industry). The report also includes policy recommendations.
- Recent report:
Small Area
Poverty and Income Estimates (2005) [data for school districts,
counties, and states]
- Recent
report:
Areas with
Concentrated Poverty: 1999 (2005) PDF-11 pages (some California
data)
- Statistics:
U.S. & California: Statistical Abstract of the United
States [ANNUAL]
HTML
|
CATALOG RECORD
- Statistics--California, all counties, all cities:
Demographic
Profiles: Census 2000
Note:
After selecting state and city, go to
page 3
of report for INCOME &
POVERTY data. This site gives
poverty data for every state, county, and city
in the U.S.
Statistics--California:
California Statistical Abstract
INTERNET
VERSION |
CATALOG RECORD
- Statistics--California cities:
- Statistics--California
counties:
- "Third of O.C. Kids Poor: Cal State
Fullerton analysis says when housing costs are factored in, O.C.
poverty rate spikes," Orange County Register, August 17, 2001.
Available in ProQuest Newspapers database.
- California Cities, Towns, and
Counties
CATALOG RECORD
-
Income,
Poverty, and Cost of Living [Counting California]
- Health Data Summaries for California
Counties
CATALOG RECORD
-
Distribution of Wealth in California, 2000 (2003)
PDF-49 pages
Examines wealth as it relates to
ethnicity, children, the
elderly, homeownership, business ownership, educational attainment, and
more.
- Housing and Poverty in Los Angeles
PDF-4 pages
-
Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise A
Family In California (September 2001) [Note: In
left frame, click on REPORTS then scroll down to title.]
-
Poverty Estimates for States and Counties [Census Bureau]
- State
Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State
[ANNUAL]
CATALOG RECORD
Library Catalog SUBJECT search:
poverty
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Online: