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The Federal Poverty Thresholds: Appearance and Reality

James H. Hauver; John A. Goodman; Marc A. Grainer

Although derived from the USDA economy food plan, the Federal poverty thresholds have no real basis in a criterion of nutritional adequacy, but are a relative measure of poverty, suggesting that biological minima cannot be used to define poverty in a developed country.

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10.1086/208835

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