02356oam 2200493 a 450 991069546300332120061128094219.0(CKB)5470000002370129(OCoLC)74337420(EXLCZ)99547000000237012920061025d2006 ua 0engurmn|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe cost of living and the geographic distribution of poverty[electronic resource] /Dean Jolliffe[Washington, D.C.] :U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service,[2006]iv, 22 pages digital, PDF fileEconomic research report ;no. 26Title from Web page (viewed on Oct. 25, 2006)."September 2006."Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18).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.PovertyUnited StatesCost and standard of livingUnited StatesUrban poorUnited StatesEconomic conditionsRural poorUnited StatesPublic welfareUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic conditionsPovertyCost and standard of livingUrban poorEconomic conditions.Rural poorPublic welfareJolliffe Dean1963-1242876United States.Department of Agriculture.Economic Research Service.OREOREGPOBOOK9910695463003321The cost of living and the geographic distribution of poverty3435656UNINA