Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard
ASU Lodestar Center
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
While it has been adjusted for inflation, it has never accurately reflected household costs, nor does it take into account childcare costs or other family variables. The FPL was based almost exclusively on the cost of food, assuming that food is one-third of a family’s budget. is using the Self-Sufficiency Standard to define poverty.
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