Poverty Archives

03.04.2019 Map of the US showing food insecurity at the county level

National Food Affordability: A County-Level Analysis

Food insecurity across the US is in relative decline, but pockets of particularly vulnerable Americans remain very food insecure.

Guest Authors Anne Cafer, Sujith Ramachandran, Georgianna Mann, Michelle Kaiser

02.07.2019 Graph comparing rural high/low poverty and urban high/low poverty trajectory over time

Health Equity

Rural Living and Dying

There is a widening gap in US rural and urban death rates. Researchers report that these changes are not sudden and have been happening since 1970.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

12.11.2018 Map of Philadelphia showing percent of children under age 5 in poverty, by zip code, 2016

Childhood Poverty in Philadelphia

Childhood poverty is not distributed evenly either across the country or within cities. Nearly one-third of Philadelphia’s infants and toddlers live in poverty.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

12.06.2018 Graph showing increase in very high pay and decrease in middle and low pay over time

High Pay Gets Higher, Low Pay Gets Lower

Middle-wage earners have not seen much of an increase in pay, and low-wage earners have almost exclusively seen drops in their pay over the decades.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

09.21.2018 The letters A, B, C and a globe in a box

The Immigrant Paradox and School Success

Long-spell poverty is associated with lower academic performance, but research by Han et al. also found that children of immigrants were doing as well as, if not better than, children with native-born parents in certain areas like math.

Guest Author Wen-Jui Han

08.23.2018 a statue of liberty with a sunset in the background

Public Charge Regulation and Institutionalizing Immigrant Poverty

The Trump administration's revision of public charge rules could force non-citizens living here legally to choose between benefits and their future immigration status.

Guest Authors Paul Shafer, Seciah Aquino

07.13.2018 Cardboard sign with a dollar sign and a question mark

Health Equity

US Health Care System Exacerbates Income Inequality

In 2014, over 7 million Americans fell beneath the federal poverty line after medical expenses were subtracted from their income.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

06.26.2018 Young African American sleeping at the library

Good Sleep? Not in Some Neighborhoods

Recent research by Fuller-Rowell and colleagues measured the degree to which neighborhood disadvantages might account for different sleep experiences between White and Black communities.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

04.03.2018 Housing Development In Harlem

Care from within the Community

The Harlem Health Advocacy Partnership sends community health workers into housing developments to work with low-income residents to help manage chronic diseases, find affordable health insurance, and set health goals.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

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