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
