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Download full textO'Hare, William P. – Population Bulletin, 1985
Over 35 million Americans were officially poor in 1983, 15.2 percent of the total population-the highest figures since the mid-1960s. Some attribute continued poverty to government social welfare policies. But poverty among the nonelderly is linked much more to economic trends. The number in poverty dropped from 39.5 million (22.4 percent of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Business Cycles, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Johnson, Clifford M.; And Others – 1992
This report describes the current status of families headed by persons under age 30, and compares the economic well-being of the current generation of young families in 1990 with that of young families in the 1970s and 1980s. The report documents falling incomes and growing poverty among young families, factors underlying young families' economic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Economic Status, Ethnic Groups
