How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty - U.S Census Bureau - 3 views
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Tonya Eastman on 04 Jan 12Following the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive 14, the Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty.