#ounting the Poor: Another Look at the Poverty Profile

By M. Orshansky. 2000

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Poverty, food insecurity, and nutritional outcomes in children and adults. (2004, background): “Poverty in the United States is determined by comparing a family’s actual income to a poverty line that was originally a multiple of the amount of income deemed necessary to purchase a “thrifty food basket” ( Orshansky, 1965 ).”