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Understanding Poverty (Beginner Level)
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Lehmann, Susan, and Norah Schultz. 2010. “Understanding Poverty (Beginner Level)”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/understanding-poverty-beginner-level.

Abstract

In this exercise we will investigate the characteristics of poverty in the United States.
Through an analysis of current data on poverty, we will begin to evaluate the
measurement of poverty and policies intended to alleviate poverty. In the process, we
will work with demographic tables and basic descriptive statistical techniques, using
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