
The Census Bureau’s report titled Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008 contains information on the poverty rates and total persons in poverty for several races. The races are self-defined by the individuals surveyed, and by the Census Bureau in standard terms that may not be helpful in studying this topic.
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The Census Bureau’s report titled Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008 has contained a section on wage parity between men and women for some time. It does not get much play in the media because it is a sterling record for the Bush administration.
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The record keeping for health insurance coverage is slimmer than for the other data in the Census Bureau’s report titled Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008. The data has only been kept for about a decade, and that decade has seen major changes in the American economy and the workforce. I am doubtful that the data is sufficient to support major policy decisions without a great deal of supplemental work.
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The poverty rate for people over 65 was at a record low in 2006 and is at its second lowest for 2007.
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American women reached record wage parity with men in 2007. Women earned 77.8 cents for every dollar earned by men.
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The graphs show that the poverty rate for both minorities is at near record lows. For blacks, only three Clinton years and three Bush years are lower.
A similar pattern appears in the graph of the Hispanic poverty rate. 2006 had the lowest Hispanic poverty rate on record.
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The Census Bureau is scheduled to release its annual report titled “Income, Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage and American Community Survey: 2007″ on August 26, 2009. This will be the fourth year that America’s North Shore Journal has covered the report.
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