Beneath the poverty line during the Great Depression: The measurement and demographic composition of poverty in 1939

This thesis presents estimates of the poverty rate and the demographic composition of the poor in 1939. The underpinning of these estimates, and the foundation of the thesis, is the construction of poverty lines for 1939. The trend of household poverty over the twenty year period 1939 to 1959 is also discussed. Official poverty statistics for the United States do not exist for years prior to 1959.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History, United States

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Barrington, Linda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Atack, Jeremy

• History, United States
• Economics, History
• Sociology, Demography

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Barrington, Linda

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9210737
(UMI)AAI9210737

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23819