Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard
ASU Lodestar Center
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Unlike other measures such as the FPL’s one-size-fits-all model, the Standard calculates household costs not just by the size of the family and the number of children, but also by age of the children, as some costs, particularly child care and food, differ dramatically by age. is using the Self-Sufficiency Standard to define poverty.
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