Welfare: Income and Relative Poverty Status of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) Families

摘要

The report presents information on the amounts and sources of income for families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); how the income from the various sources affects their total incomes; and their economic status compared to the poverty line and other welfare and nonwelfare families. It also summarizes the difficulties in making such determinations because of uncertainty about the accuracy of the poverty line and unresolved concerns about the Bureau of the Census's experimental techniques for valuing in-kind benefits.