Poor State, Rich State: Understanding the Variability of Poverty Rates across U.S. States
According to the Supplemental Poverty Measure, state-level poverty rates range from a low of less than 10 percent in Iowa to a high of more than 20 percent in California. We seek to account for these differences using a theoretical framework proposed by Brady, Finnigan, and Hübgen (2017), which emph...
Main Authors: | Jennifer Laird, Zachary Parolin, Jane Waldfogel, Christopher Wimer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Society for Sociological Science
2018-10-01
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Series: | Sociological Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v5-26-628/ |
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