Title Poor kids in a rich country : America's children in comparative perspective / Lee Rainwater and Timothy M. Smeeding.

Publication Info.	New York : Russell Sage, [2003]
	©2003

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Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Taking the definition of poverty seriously -- I: Child poverty and inequity at the end of the twentieth century -- 1. Child poverty in rich countries in the 1990s: an overview -- 2. Patterns of child economic well-being -- 3. Child poverty and population: is demography destiny? -- 4. Periods of poverty: how long are children poor? -- 5. Income packaging: market income and the state -- 6. Child poverty and income packaging in two-parent families -- 7. Child poverty and income packaging in single-mother families -- 8. Is there hope for America's low-income children? -- II: Choice and method in research on poverty -- 9. Establishing a poverty line -- 10. Establishing equivalent family income -- 11. Whence the poverty standard--nations or communities? -- The Luxembourg income study project -- The U.S. state database and regional combinations in other countries in the Luxembourg income study -- From relative income to real income -- Reweighting to assess the impact of demography versus income packaging.
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Subject	Poor children -- United States.
	Poor children.
	United States.
	Aid to families with dependent children programs -- United States.
	Aid to families with dependent children programs.
	Income maintenance programs -- United States.
	Income maintenance programs.
	Poverty -- United States.
	Poverty.
	Child welfare -- United States.
	Child welfare.
	Poor children -- Europe.
	Europe.
	Aid to families with dependent children programs -- Europe.
	Income maintenance programs -- Europe.
	Poverty -- Europe.
	Child welfare -- Europe.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Smeeding, Timothy M.
Other Form:	Print version: Rainwater, Lee. Poor kids in a rich country 0871547023 (DLC) 2003047050 (OCoLC)52334696
ISBN	9781610444620 electronic book
	1610444620 electronic book
	9780871547026
	9780871547057
	0871547023
	0871547058

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