Welfare: Income and Relative Poverty Status of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) Families.
Abstract
This 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. Though there have been recent policy debates about income levels, data on families' total incomes that include the value of in-kind benefits do not exist in any usable form. Thus, Senator William V. Roth, Jr., asked GAO to determine the income sources, amounts, and relative poverty status of AFDC families, and the implications of these results for federal welfare policy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 04, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA187995
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office