SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mollie Orshansky

• School: St. John's University
• Department: SOC - SOCIOLOGY
• Course: SOC 1001
• Professor: Robert Mangione

Document Summary

Three major criticism of the poverty index: when the government developed the poverty index in 1964 about of federal welfare benefits were in the form of goods and services, poverty measure looks only at income not assets. If assets were included, the poverty rate would also be lower: many believe that the poverty threshold is unrealistically low. Government programs that provide benefits to families or individuals can be divided into two categories: social insurance & cash benefits going to people of all income levels.