Percentage of Families At or Below Poverty Level

Official NAS NAS-U DES DES-U NGA NGA-U DCM DCM-U

1997 13.3% 13.3% 15.4% 13.3% 16.0% 13.3% 15.8% 13.3% 15.9%
1998 12.7% 12.5% 14.4% 12.5% 15.1% 12.3% 14.6% 12.5% 15.0%
1999 11.8% 11.7% 13.8% 11.8% 14.3% 11.7% 14.0% 11.9% 14.4%
2000 13.5% 13.7% 16.1% 13.6% 16.7% 13.8% 16.6% 13.6% 16.4%
2001 14.2% 14.5% 16.9% 14.4% 17.6% 14.6% 17.3% 14.3% 17.3%
2002 14.8% 15.1% 17.6% 15.1% 18.3% 15.2% 18.2% 15.0% 18.0%
2003 15.1% 15.8% 18.3% 15.8% 19.0% 15.8% 18.6% 15.7% 18.8%
2004 15.6% 15.6% 18.0% 15.6% 18.5% 15.6% 18.3% 15.5% 18.5%
2005 14.8% 14.8% 17.3% 14.8% 17.9% 14.9% 17.6% 14.8% 17.8%
2006 14.7% 14.6% 17.0% 14.6% 17.7% 14.5% 17.2% 14.7% 17.6%

Average ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###

Percent Chang 9.96% 9.18% 9.71% 9.19% 9.94% 8.47% 8.32% 9.91% ###

Legend
Official U.S. government
NAS National Academy of Sciences methodology - standardized
NAS-U National Academy of Sciences methodology - unstandardized
DES Different Equivalence Scale: uses three parameters to adjust thresholds by family size,
presence of children and family structure (but otherwise similar to NAS) -
standardized
DES-U Different Equivalence Scale: uses three parameters to adjust thresholds by family size,
presence of children and family structure (but otherwise similar to NAS) -
unstandardized
NGA No Geographic Adjustment (but otherwise similar to NAS) - standardized
NGA-U No Geographic Adjustment (but otherwise similar to NAS) - unstandardized
DCM Different Child Care Method: assigns fixed amounts of child care expenditures to
families based on the number and ages of children present (but otherwise similar to
NAS) - standardized
DCM-U Different Child Care Method: assigns fixed amounts of child care expenditures to
families based on the number and ages of children present (but otherwise similar to
NAS) - unstandardized

Ayessa Bordario
5-Aug-17
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