ELDERLY POVERTY AND SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME.
In the United States, poverty is generally assessed on the basis of income, as reported in the Current Population Survey's (CPS's) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), using an official poverty standard established in the 1960s. The prevalence of receipt of means-tested transfers is underre...
| Publicado en: | Social Security Bulletin Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 45 - 74 |
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Social Security Administration
2009
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