[OC] Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 3-Year Average: 2019, 2020, and 2021 (Supplemental Poverty Measure)jmlinden7 t1_jdwjilh wrote
Reply to comment by mastakhan in [OC] Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 3-Year Average: 2019, 2020, and 2021 (Supplemental Poverty Measure) by FlyingSquirlez
Why would it matter if they're not considered poor in the majority of the country, when their income makes them poor where they actually live? If you tell someone making $40k in San Francisco that $40k isn't considered poor in Mississippi, that doesn't help the fact that they can't pay their bills every month
mastakhan t1_jdwk9nt wrote
I agree with you, and noted this as important in my comment above. I'm just adding context for understanding why the SPM differs from the official measure of poverty.
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