How did Mollie Orshansky discover poverty?

While working at the Social Security Administration during the 1960s, she developed the poverty thresholds that became the federal government’s official statistical measure of poverty; her thresholds remain a major feature of the architecture of American social policy and are widely known internationally.

Who created the poverty line?

Mollie Orshansky
The current official poverty measure was developed in the mid 1960s by Mollie Orshansky, a staff economist at the Social Security Administration. Poverty thresholds were derived from the cost of a minimum food diet multiplied by three to account for other family expenses.

What is the poverty line based on?

The Census Bureau determines poverty status by using an official poverty measure (OPM) that compares pre-tax cash income against a threshold that is set at three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963 and adjusted for family size.

When the official poverty line was first set?

The poverty thresholds were originally developed in 1963-1964 by Mollie Orshansky of the Social Security Administration.

Which President declared a war on poverty?

In his first State of the Union address in January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress to declare an “unconditional war on poverty” and to aim “not only to relieve the symptom of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it” (1965).

What is a criticism of the official definition of poverty first developed by Mollie?

(Q024) What is a criticism of the official definition of poverty first developed by Mollie Orshansky in 1963? It does not take into account regional variation in the cost of living. It is too complex and difficult to calculate. It would make more sense to base it on expenditures on food rather than housing.

Has the war on poverty worked?

In the decade following the 1964 introduction of the war on poverty, poverty rates in the U.S. dropped to their lowest level since comprehensive records began in 1958: from 17.3% in the year the Economic Opportunity Act was implemented to 11.1% in 1973. They have remained between 11 and 15.2% ever since.

What does Susan Mayer mean by saying that other people’s money matters?

What does Susan Mayer mean by saying that “other people’s money matters”? Other people’s wealth sets our expectations of what it is reasonable to expect in life.