Historical Official Poverty Thresholds
poverty_thresholds.RdHistorical official U.S. Census Bureau poverty thresholds organized by family size, number of related minor children, senior status, and year.
Format
A data.table data frame with 5 variables:
- year
4-digit calendar year (integer)
- size
Total family unit size (integer)
- minors
Number of related minor children under 18 years (integer)
- senior
Logical flag indicating if the householder is 65 years or older for single and two-person units (logical)
- threshold
Official dollar poverty threshold (integer)