Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Census figures back up this view of many Asian-Americans who are still socio-economically disadvantaged. In 1990, Asian Americans in Boston had a per-capita income half that of whites and over $1,000 below blacks...
...morning session focused on the role of Latinos and Chicanos in current politics and consisted of two seminars entitled "Latino Rights" and "Census...
Apparently, $19,500 a year ain?t what it used to be. According to the New York Times, the U.S. Census Bureau has decided to reevaluate the parameters of poverty, and is contemplating a threshold $3,000 higher than the previous ceiling of $16,600 for a family of four. The poverty line, a singularly subjective definition of what it means to be poor in America, was established during the Johnson administration. Adjusted regularly for inflation, it serves as a primary indicator of the economy?s health - the fewer people under it, the better - and also establishes which families...
...this year could be pushed under the line if a higher threshold is established. This means millions more families suddenly become "poor," and, as a result, the country?s widely accepted affluence and the shrinking of its poor population are called into question. The future of the Census Bureau?s investigation may depend primarily on semantics. "The Census Bureau is asking ?What is poor today??" says TIME senior writer Adam Cohen. "This is a qualitative shift; we live in a different society now than we did during the Johnson administration. Today, a ?normal? life involves a lot more things than...
...Corbetts--and millions like them--the grand has been taken out of grandparenting, leaving them with all the responsibilities of raising a child. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 3.7 million grandparents had grandchildren living with them in 1997, about 35% without a parent present. Some are as young as 35; others are in their 80s. They cross social, economic and religious lines, and their numbers are rising...