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Linda Barrington and Gordon M. Fisher
Table Be95-112 - Weighted-average official poverty thresholds and selected alternative poverty lines, by family size: 1947-1999
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Weighted-average official poverty threshold-nonfarm
Alternative poverty thresholds for 4-person families
1 person (unrelated individual)
Families
Near poverty
One-half median income before taxes
Gallup Poll Standard (Vaughan)
All
Younger than 65
65 and older
2 persons
3 persons
4 persons
5 persons
6 persons
7 persons or more
7 persons
8 persons
9 persons or more
“Get-along”
“Poverty”
All
Householder younger than 65
Householder 65 and older
Row
Year
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