Full Description
This book extends the literature on multidimensional poverty/deprivation by providing insights into the well-being of the US population. Written for policymakers, researchers, economists, and others studying poverty, this resource documents multidimensional deprivation in the US, examines variation in its incidence and intensity across demographic cohorts and geographic locales, and considers the corresponding implications for the American social contract.
Multidimensional deprivation is chronicled using data extracted from the 2008-2023 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata surveys (ACS-PUMS). The extensive data, which includes information for nearly 48 million individuals, enable a thorough exploration of multidimensional deprivation in the US, serving as a valuable complement to the official income-based measures of poverty.
Contents
Counting What Counts: Moving Beyond Income Poverty to Better Understand Deprivation.- Measuring What Matters: Constructing the Multidimensional Deprivation Index .- Beyond Income Alone: Multidimensional Deprivation in the United States.- Variation in Multidimensional Deprivation by Race, Sex, and Hispanic Ethnicity.- Nativity, Country of Origin, and Multidimensional Deprivation.- Multidimensional Deprivation at the Intersections of Race, Sex, Hispanic Ethnicity, and Nativity.- Multidimensional Deprivation and the Life Cycle: Age-Based Patterns and Trends.- Geographic Patterns of Multidimensional Deprivation.- Estimating the Probability of Multidimensional Deprivation Incidence.- Conclusion: Multidimensional Deprivation and the American Social Contract.
