...12,142,000 17.0 \J The classification of families and unrelated individuals as being below the low-income level is based on the poverty index adopted by a Federal interagency committee in 1969. This index is based on a sliding scale of Income, adjusted for such factors as family size, sex and...

...residence, 1970 I/ The classification of families and unrelated individuals as being below the low-income level is based on the poverty index adopted by a Federal interagency committee in 1969. This Index is based on a sliding scale of income, adjusted for such factors as family size, sex and...

...homes for the elderly, military barracks, and college dormitories). The poverty status determination is based on the poverty index adopted by a Federal Interagency Committee in 1969. For more information on the poverty levels, see Current Population Reports, Series P-23, No. 28, "Revisions...

...with succeeding years. 1 Based on 1980 census controls; comparable with succeeding years. Note.— The poverty level is based on the poverty index adopted...poverty thresholds based on two of these variables, farm-nonfarm residence and sex of householder. The poverty thresholds are updated every year to reflect...

...years. • Based on 1980 census population controls; comparable with succeeding years. Note.— The poverty level is based on the poverty index adopted by a Federal interagency committee in 1969. That indei reflected different consumption requirements for families based on size and composition, sex...