POVERTY - The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. US POVERTY RATE Poverty in the United States: - The official poverty rate in 2011 was 15% - 46.2 million people were poverty during that year - Children under 18 is 21% - 18-64 is 13.6 percent - Ages 65 and older is 8.7% Poverty Measure: Mollie Orshanky: -She constructed a poverty measure to assess the relative low-income status and differentiation…
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