☃️:architect:elftummy🍟🏔️ on Nostr: The government came up with its official method for counting poor people in the ...
The government came up with its official method for counting poor people in the mid-1960s
First, it asks, what does it cost to purchase a minimally adequate diet during the year for a particularly sized family? That number is then multiplied by three, and you have arrived at the poverty line.
That’s it
If a family’s income falls above the line it is not considered in poverty, while those third of its income on food and the remaining two-thirds on all other expenses
First, it asks, what does it cost to purchase a minimally adequate diet during the year for a particularly sized family? That number is then multiplied by three, and you have arrived at the poverty line.
That’s it
If a family’s income falls above the line it is not considered in poverty, while those third of its income on food and the remaining two-thirds on all other expenses