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Presents data on the relationship between labour force activity and poverty status in 2008 for workers and their families. Provides data on the working poor by gender, race, educational attainment, occupation type and family characteristics.
In 2002, some 7.4 million in the US were classified as the {147}working poor, {148} about 560,000 higher than in 2001. The working poor are those who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor force{151} working or looking for work{151}but whose incomes fell below the official poverty level. This 14 page report presents data on the relationship between labor force activity and poverty in 2002 for workers and their families.
More than three billion people in the world live on less than two-and-a-half U.S. dollars per person per day. In this book, Gary Fields explains how the poor work, how they have improved their self-employment earning opportunities, how poor-country governments can stimulate more inclusive economic growth, and how they can be aided.