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Record Nr.

UNINA9910695463003321

Autore

Jolliffe Dean <1963->

Titolo

The cost of living and the geographic distribution of poverty [[electronic resource] /] / Dean Jolliffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , [2006]

Descrizione fisica

iv, 22 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Economic research report ; ; no. 26

Soggetti

Poverty - United States

Cost and standard of living - United States

Urban poor - United States - Economic conditions

Rural poor - United States

Public welfare - United States

United States Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from Web page (viewed on Oct. 25, 2006).

"September 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18).

Sommario/riassunto

The prevalence of poverty has been greater in nonmetro areas than in metro areas in every year since the 1960s when poverty rates were first officially recorded. Accordingly, Federal funds for social assistance programs and community development have favored nonmetro areas. This study suggests that adjusting poverty measures to account for cost-of-living differences between metro and nonmetro areas reverses that ranking. Once adjusted for cost-of-living differences using the Fair Market Rents index, metro poverty is greater than nonmetro poverty in terms of prevalence, depth, and severity over the entire 1991-2002 study period.