Chart: Poverty rate for total population and children, 1979–2011

Figure A

Poverty rate for total population and children, 1979–2011

Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.

Source: Authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC) Historical Poverty Tables (Table 3) and CPS-ASEC microdata

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