BUREAU OF THE CENSUS Roger A. Herriot, Senior Demographic and POPULATION DIVISION SUGGESTED CITATION U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 160, Poverty in the United States: 1986, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1988. For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Poverty status of persons, by age, race and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 1986........ Poverty status of families, by type of family, presence of related children, race, Ratio of income to poverty level in 1986-persons, by family status, sex of Farm-nonfarm residence and region-poverty status in 1986 of persons, by family status, sex of householder, and race Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan and region-poverty status in 1986 of persons, by Marital status-poverty status in 1986 of persons, family householders, and unrelated individuals 15 and over, by age, sex, and race....... Educational attainment-poverty status in 1986 of persons 15 and over, by age, DETAILED TABLES-Continued Families-Continued Page 17. Tenure-poverty status in 1986 of families and nonfamily householders, by 18. Living arrangements-poverty status in 1986 of unrelated individuals 16 and over by age, sex, and race... 19. 220 21. Employment status in March 1986-poverty status in 1986 of family householders and unrelated individuals by sex, race, and Hispanic origin. 20. Number of workers-poverty status in 1986 of families with civilian householders, by sex and race of householder.. Work experience of householder-poverty status in 1986 of family householders, by presence of children, sex, and race .... .... ...... 22. Work experience of unrelated individuals-poverty status in 1986 of unrelated 23. 24. Working mothers-poverty status in 1986 of women with own children under 18, ... 101 ... 104 25. 26. 27. Total money income of families below the poverty level in 1986, by presence of 114 .... 28. 29. Type of income-poverty status in 1986 of families and unrelated individuals, by 30. Selected characteristics of families below 125 percent of the poverty level in 135 31. Selected characteristics of unrelated individuals below 125 percent of the .... 141 32. Poverty status in 1986 of Hispanic families and unrelated individuals, by type of ... 144 .... 33. Standard errors for selected characteristics of persons below the poverty level in 148 34. Standard errors for selected characteristics of families below the poverty level in Comparability of estimates from March 1986 CPS with estimates for previous 159 Population controls... 159 Comparability of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan data from the March 1986 A-1. The Consumer Price Index and the average poverty threshold for a family of four: 1959 to 1986....... 154 A-2. Poverty thresholds in 1986, by size of family and number of related children under 18 years old... 155 B-1. Standard errors of estimated numbers of persons and families, by poverty status and race: 1980-86 (Total, White, and Black)......... 166 B-2. Standard errors of estimated numbers of persons and families, by poverty 167 B-3. Standard errors of estimated percentages of persons below the poverty level: 167 B-4. Factors (f2) to be applied to all non-Hispanic standard errors for 1959 to present. 168 B-5. Parameters and factors (f,) for estimated numbers and percentages of persons, by poverty status, age, sex, and race: 1980-86 B-6. Parameters and factors (f,) for estimated numbers and percentages of persons of Hispanic origin, by poverty status, age, and sex: 1973-86 .... B-7. Parameters and factors (f,) for estimated numbers and percentages of families or unrelated individuals, by poverty status and race: 1980-86............ B-8. Parameters for estimated numbers and percentages of selected characteristics of families or unrelated individuals regardless of income status: 1980-85 168 ....... 169 170 170 B-9. Year-to-year correlation coefficients for poverty estimates.... 170 C-1. Comparison of CPS aggregate money income in 1983 with independent estimates of aggregate money income adjusted to CPS money income |