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...

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Published in:	Social Security Bulletin Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 45 - 74
Main Authors:	Nicholas, Joyce, Wiseman, Michael
Format:	Article
Published:	Social Security Administration 2009
Subjects:	United States United States. Social Security Administration Poor older people Income inequality Poverty in the United States Supplemental security income program
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