Table 4
Percentage of Persons in Poverty by Alternative Definition of Income, 2003,
Measuring Impacts of Government Programs
Non elderly persons
Children
(a) Official poverty measure
(Money income pretax, post government cash transfers)
Poverty reduction due to EITC
(b) Money income (official measure) less all taxes except EITC
(c) Money income less all taxes (including EITC)
Poverty reduction due to means-tested cash transfers
(d) Full income less taxes less means tested government cash transfer
(e) Full income less taxes
Poverty reduction due to non means-tested cash transfers
(f) Pre government transfer money income less taxes
(g) Pre government transfer money income less taxes plus non means
tested cash government transfers
Poverty reduction due to means-tested non cash transfers
(h) Full income less taxes (definition e above)
(i) Full income less taxes plus Medicaid
(j) Full income less taxes plus Medicaid plus other means-tested
government non cash transfers