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PR1990A_POVERTY
Poverty status

This is a 3-digit numeric variable.

Codes

000 = NIU (not in universe).
001 = 1 percent or less of poverty threshold.
501 = 501 percent or more of poverty threshold.

Description

This variable indicates each family's total income for the previous year as a percentage of the poverty thresholds established by the Social Security Administration in 1964 and subsequently revised in 1980, adjusted for inflation.

Universe

  • Puerto Rico 1990: Persons in private, occupied and vacant dwellings

Availability

  • Puerto Rico: 1990

Integrated variables

  • None