[kcvl]

Good luck figuring out what “poverty” means at the Census Bureau...

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/methods/definitions.html

Whatever they want it to mean it seems...

[BlatherNaut]

I see what you mean.

“Absolute vs. relative thresholds”, “average monthly poverty”, “episodic poverty”, etc. etc. etc... It’s too painful to attempt to decipher, and likely impossible anyway, LOL.

“Definitions
...”Absolute thresholds are fixed at a point in time and updated solely for price changes.... In contrast, relative thresholds, as commonly defined, are developed by reference to the actual expenditures (or income) of the population.”

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/methods/definitions.html