What does it mean to be poor in America?

An analysis of a range of measures of material well-being shows that people living in poor families, in single-parent families, and in families in receipt of welfare are markedly worse off than those living in nonpoor families. The living conditions of the poor are hard to measure, both because yea...

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Publicado en:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 119; pp. 3 - 18
Autores principales: Federman, Maya, Garner, Thesia I., Short, Kathleen
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: US Department of Labor May 1996
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