Background Material on Poverty.

Staff background prepared with the assistance of Joint Taxation Committee staff and CRS, in connection with forthcoming Subcom on Oversight and Subcom on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation hearing on recent increases in poverty.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1983.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Library of Congress. > Congressional Research Service. Families. Poverty. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Staff background prepared with the assistance of Joint Taxation Committee staff and CRS, in connection with forthcoming Subcom on Oversight and Subcom on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation hearing on recent increases in poverty. Includes sections relating to Federal definition and measurement of poverty; income sources of poor and nonpoor families; 1959-82 trends in the incidence of poverty; causes of poverty; effectiveness and costs of public welfare programs; major proposals to reduce poverty, including AFDC revisions; and Federal tax treatment of the poor. Also includes 1818-1980 chronology (p. 156-161) of Federal programs benefiting needy persons, and tables and graphs throughout.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.