Indicador 1.2.1 - Proporción de la población que vive por debajo del umbral nacional de la pobreza, desglosada por sexo y edad
Percent of US population living below the US poverty line
Percent of US population living below the US poverty line
Global Metadata
Esta tabla proporciona información sobre los metadatos para los indicadores SDG definidos por el UNSC. Completa 1es proporcionada por la División de Estadística de las Naciones Unidas.
| SDG Indicator Name | Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age |
|---|---|
| SDG Target Addressed | By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions. |
| Definition of SDG Indicator | This indicator provides the proportion of the total population and the proportion of the employed population living in households with per-capita consumption or income that is below the national poverty line. |
| UN Designated Tier | 1 |
| UN Custodial Agency | World Bank (Partnering Agencies: UNICEF) |
EE.UU Metadatos
This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from U.S. statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from U.S. statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information
| Method of computation for global SDG indicator | Calculated by dividing the number of persons living in households below the poverty line (disaggregated by sex, age and employment status) by the total number of persons (disaggregated by the same sex, age and employment status groups). |
|---|---|
| Graph Title | Percent of US population living below the US poverty line |
| Actual indicator available | Proportion of population living below the US poverty line. |
| Description of actual indicator available | Proportion of men, women, and children living in poverty. Only includes people in poverty universe: people not living in institutions and excludes nonrelated children under the age of 15. Disaggregation is provided by sex and age. |
| Method of computation | Please see http://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidance/poverty-measures.html. |
| Comments and limitations | Income questions were redesigned in the 2014 CPS ASEC (which covers 2013). The values shown reflect calculations using the redesigned income questions. |
| Periodicity | Annual |
| Time Period | 2000-2016 |
| Unit of measure | Proportion of noninstitutionalized persons in the U.S. |
| Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) | Sex |
| Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) | Age |
| Date of public data release from National source | September 2017 |
| Date of last Update of This Page | October 2017 |
| Scheduled Update by National source | September 2018 |
| Scheduled Update by SDG Team | September 2017 |
| Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) | Poverty Statistics Branch, SEHSD, U.S. Census Bureau |
| Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) | brian.e.glassman@census.gov |
| Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) | Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement |
| Indicator web address (closest to data provided) | http://www.census.gov/cps/data/cpstablecreator.html |
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