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from the how-much-less-do-I-have-than-others dept.
Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, the definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income.
New research from Georgia Tech economist Shatakshee Dhongde shows there are multiple components of poverty that more accurately describes a household's economic condition. Dhongde looks at "deprivation" more than simply low income, and her work finds that almost 15 percent of Americans are deprived in multiple dimensions.
"This study approaches poverty in a new way," said Dhongde, who recently published "Multi-Dimensional Deprivation in the U.S." in the journal Social Indicators Research.
"We tried to identify what is missing in the literature on poverty, and measure deprivation in six dimensions: health, education, standard of living, security, social connections, and housing quality. When you look at deprivation in these dimensions, you have a better picture of what is really going on with households, especially in developed countries like the United States."
(Score: 2, Interesting) by jmorris on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:53PM
We are dumping unholy quantities of resources into government schools. The literacy rate is going DOWN, educational attainment measured by any metric you care to point out has been going DOWN as spending per pupil has went UP. Yet when I notice this indisputable but inconvenient truth I'm the bad guy? YOU are the 'structural problems in society' since your team has been controlling the machinery of the Federal, State and Local government in all of the worst areas, you control the education chain from K to post graduate, you control the commanding heights of the culture, setting all of the new dysfunctiional cultural norms from removing the shame from bastardy to removing the laws preventing homos walking around the streets in assless chaps. You and yours, all that is on you.
Me and my team have been consistently standing athwart History yelling STOP! to zero effect the entire time. Now we are realizing our error and changing our philosophy; and birthing the Alt-Right. Make no mistake, YOU created Trump. You wanted to fundamentally transform America, you were arrogant enough to believe America would simply submit, that nobody would be willing to defend the idea that we kinda like it the way it is and really liked what it was and was becoming before your project started.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Whoever on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:04PM
And your answer to everything ... blame the victims.
Despite the much increased need for education in society, education spending as a percentage of GDP is barely higher now than it was in the 1970s.
So, no we haven't been dumping unholy amounts of money into schools, funding hasn't been going up in any meaningful manner. But that doesn't fit with your worldview, so you will just continue to ignore it.
How about this, we have been dumping unholy amounts of money into the military, but the world doesn't seem to be becoming a safer place. Perhaps we should defund the military?
While "your team" continues to blame the victims, economic disparity will get worse and the US will become poorer. Guess what, when you voted for Trump, you voted against your own economic interests, you voted to make yourself poorer.