Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty

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U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1993 - Employee fringe benefits
 

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Page 3 - A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated persons, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated persons sharing a housing unit as partners, is also counted as a household.
Page 1 - Columbia) and members of the Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post, but excludes all other members of the Armed Forces.
Page 3 - unrelated individuals," as used in this report, refers to persons 14 years old and over (other than inmates of institutions) who are not living with any relatives. An unrelated individual may...
Page 1 - Security (PICA) taxes and before any other types of deductions, such as union dues and Medicare premiums. Total money income is the sum of the amounts received from wages and salaries, self-employment income (including losses), Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, public assistance, interest, dividends, rent, royalties, estates or trusts, Veterans' payments, unemployment and workers...
Page 6 - Consequently, one should be particularly careful when interpreting results based on a relatively small number of cases or on small differences between estimates. The standard errors for CPS estimates primarily indicate the magnitude of sampling error.
Page xvii - Definition 1 less government cash transfers. 3. Definition 2 plus capital gains 4. Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income Income after taxes: 5.
Page 6 - Census of Population; statistics of births, deaths, immigration, and emigration; and statistics on the strength of the Armed Forces.
Page xi - Capital gains (current measure) 2. Definition 1 less government cash transfers 3 Definition 2 plus capital gains 4. Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income...
Page 3 - The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the Food Stamp program through State and local welfare offices.
Page 1 - The poverty index is based solely on money income and does not reflect the fact that many low-income persons receive noncash benefits such as food stamps, Medicaid, and public housing.

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