Non-elderly poverty rates, market-based and post-tax, post-transfer, 1967, 2007, 2012

Market-based poverty rate (pre-tax and pre-transfer) Post-tax and post-transfer poverty rate (Supplemental Poverty Measure)
1967 18.4% 17.2%
2007 18.9% 13.9%
2012 24.4% 16.1%

Source: Authors' analysis of data supplied by Fox et al. (2014)

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