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Tweet[IWS] BLS: A Profile of the Working Poor, 2002 [27 October 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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A Profile of the Working Poor, 2002 [27 October 2004]
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2004
Report 976
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2002.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
[excerpt]
In 2002, 34.6 million persons, or 12.1 percent of the population,
lived at or below the official poverty levelÂ1.7 million
more than in 2001. Most of the poor were children, or
adults who did not participate in the labor force during the
year. Yet some 7.4 million were classified as the Âworking
poor, about 560,000 higher than in 2001. The working poor
are those who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor forceÂ
working or looking for workÂbut whose incomes fell below
the official poverty level. Of all persons who worked 27 weeks
or more, 5.3 percent were classified among the working poor
in 2002, up by 0.4 percentage point from the previous year.
The poverty rate for those who worked 27 weeks or more
increased from its recent low of 4.7 percent in 2000 to 5.3
percent in 2002; however, it was still below the series peak of
6.7 percent in 1993.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
A Profile of the Working Poor, 2002 [27 October 2004]
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2004
Report 976
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2002.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
[excerpt]
In 2002, 34.6 million persons, or 12.1 percent of the population,
lived at or below the official poverty levelÂ1.7 million
more than in 2001. Most of the poor were children, or
adults who did not participate in the labor force during the
year. Yet some 7.4 million were classified as the Âworking
poor, about 560,000 higher than in 2001. The working poor
are those who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor forceÂ
working or looking for workÂbut whose incomes fell below
the official poverty level. Of all persons who worked 27 weeks
or more, 5.3 percent were classified among the working poor
in 2002, up by 0.4 percentage point from the previous year.
The poverty rate for those who worked 27 weeks or more
increased from its recent low of 4.7 percent in 2000 to 5.3
percent in 2002; however, it was still below the series peak of
6.7 percent in 1993.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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