America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011
Economic Circumstances Figures
Indicator ECON1.A: Percentage of related children ages 0–17 living in poverty by family structure, 1980–2009
NOTE: Related children are persons ages 0–17 who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption, but are not themselves householders, spouses, or reference persons. In 2009, the poverty threshold for a two-parent, two-child family was $21,756. The proportion of children in male-householder families (no spouse present) historically has been small. Select data for this group are available as part of Detailed Tables at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/index.html.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Indicator ECON1.B: Percentage of related children ages 0–17 by family income relative to the poverty line, 1980–2009
NOTE: Estimates refer to children ages 0–17 who are related to the householder. The income classes are derived from the ratio of the family's income to the family's poverty threshold. A child living in extreme poverty is defined as a child living in a family with income less than 50 percent of the poverty threshold. Below poverty, but above extreme poverty, is defined as 50–99 percent of the poverty threshold. Low income is defined as 100–199 percent of the poverty threshold. Medium income is defined as 200–399 percent of the poverty threshold. High income is defined as being at or above 400 percent of the poverty threshold. For example, in 2009, a family of four with two children would be in extreme poverty if their income was less than $10,878 (50 percent of $21,756). The same family would be classified as low income if their income was at least $21,756 and less than $43,512.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Indicator ECON2: Percentage of children ages 0–17 living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by family structure, 1980–2009
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Indicator ECON3: Percentage of children ages 0–17 in food-insecure households by poverty status, selected years 1995–2009
NOTE: Food-insecure households are those in which either adults or children or both were "food insecure," meaning that, at times, they were unable to acquire adequate food for active, healthy living for all household members because they had insufficient money and other resources for food. Statistics for 1996–1998 and 2000 are omitted because they are not directly comparable with those for other years.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement; tablulated by Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and Food and Nutrition Service.