Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tweet[IWS] Census: INCOME, POVERTY, & HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE in the United States: 2006 [28 August 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
Census
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 report
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf
[full-text, 78 pages]
Press Release [28 August 2007]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/010583.html
includes links to --
Media kit / Reports
Income data
Poverty data
Health insurance coverage data
American Community Survey data
Broadcast release
CONTENTS
TEXT
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
in the United States: 2006 . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Source of Estimates and Statistical Accuracy . . . . . . 1
State and Local Estimates of Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance . . . 2
Survey of Income and Program Participation(SIPP) .. . . 3
Income in the United States . . . . 4
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Household Income . . . . . . . . . . 6
Race and Hispanic Origin . . . . . . 7
Nativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Metropolitan Status . . . . . . . . 7
Income Inequality . . . . . . . . . 7
Equivalence-Adjusted Income Inequality . . . . . 8
Work Experience and Earnings . . . . 9
Per Capita Income . . . . . . . . . 10
Poverty in the United States . . . .11
Highlights . . .. . . . . . . . . . 11
Race and Hispanic Origin . . .. . . 11
Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Nativity . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 13
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Metropolitan Status . . . . . . . . 14
Work Experience . . . . . . . . . . 14
Families . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 14
Depth of Poverty . . . . . . .. . . 14
Ratio of Income to Poverty . . . . 14
Income Deficit . . . . .. . . . . . 17
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States . . . 18
Highlights . . .. . . . . . . . . . 18
What Is Health Insurance Coverage? . . 18
Type of Coverage . . . . .. . . . . 20
Race and Hispanic Origin . . . . . 22
Nativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Economic Status . . . . . . . . . . 22
Children�s Health Insurance Coverage . . . . .. . 23
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Metropolitan Status . . . . . . . . 24
State-Level Data . . . . . . . . . 25
CPS Data Collection . . . . . . . . 26
Additional Data and Contacts . . . 26
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
______________________________
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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_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
Census
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 report
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf
[full-text, 78 pages]
Press Release [28 August 2007]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/010583.html
includes links to --
Media kit / Reports
Income data
Poverty data
Health insurance coverage data
American Community Survey data
Broadcast release
CONTENTS
TEXT
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
in the United States: 2006 . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Source of Estimates and Statistical Accuracy . . . . . . 1
State and Local Estimates of Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance . . . 2
Survey of Income and Program Participation(SIPP) .. . . 3
Income in the United States . . . . 4
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Household Income . . . . . . . . . . 6
Race and Hispanic Origin . . . . . . 7
Nativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Metropolitan Status . . . . . . . . 7
Income Inequality . . . . . . . . . 7
Equivalence-Adjusted Income Inequality . . . . . 8
Work Experience and Earnings . . . . 9
Per Capita Income . . . . . . . . . 10
Poverty in the United States . . . .11
Highlights . . .. . . . . . . . . . 11
Race and Hispanic Origin . . .. . . 11
Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Nativity . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 13
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Metropolitan Status . . . . . . . . 14
Work Experience . . . . . . . . . . 14
Families . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 14
Depth of Poverty . . . . . . .. . . 14
Ratio of Income to Poverty . . . . 14
Income Deficit . . . . .. . . . . . 17
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States . . . 18
Highlights . . .. . . . . . . . . . 18
What Is Health Insurance Coverage? . . 18
Type of Coverage . . . . .. . . . . 20
Race and Hispanic Origin . . . . . 22
Nativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Economic Status . . . . . . . . . . 22
Children�s Health Insurance Coverage . . . . .. . 23
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Metropolitan Status . . . . . . . . 24
State-Level Data . . . . . . . . . 25
CPS Data Collection . . . . . . . . 26
Additional Data and Contacts . . . 26
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
______________________________
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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