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4. Understanding the U.S. poverty line The following table shows the U.S. poverty thresholds for 2016 by size of family and number of related children under the age of 18. All figures are in dollars. For example, a family with two adults and one child is considered to be living in poverty if the family's income in 2016 is below $19,318. Size of Family Unit One person (unrelated individual) Under 65 years 65 years and over Two persons Households under 65 years Households 65 years and over Three persons Four persons Five persons Six persons Seven persons Eight persons Nine persons or more thresholds.html. None 12,486. 11,511 Are Jacques and Kyoko living in poverty? Yes No Related Children under 18 Years One Two Three Four Five Source: "Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Children, 2016, United States Census Bureau, last modified August 11, 2017, accessed December 2, 2017,
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time ... l-poverty- 16,072 16,543 14,507 16,480 Yes No 18,774 19,318 19,337 24,755 25,160 24,339 24,424 29,854 30,288 29,360 28,643 28,205 34,337 34,473 33,763 33,082 32,070 31,470 39,509 39,756 38,905 38,313 37,208 35,920 44,188 44,578 43,776 43,072 42,075 40,809 53,155 53,413 52,702 52,106 51,127 49,779 Kyoko and Jacques are married, under the age of 65, and have five children under the age of 18. Jacques works full time and earns $20,000, while Kyoko works part time and earns $9,000. Thus, in total, their family income is $29,000. The poverty threshold for a family with two adults and five children under the age of 18 is $ Suppose that Jacques divorces Kyoko and leaves the family without paying alimony or child support. Kyoko must now support her five children alone, so she begins working full time and earns a total of $16,000. Are Kyoko and her children living in poverty?
Again, consider Kyoko, a single mother with five children under 18 who earns an annual income of $16,000. Suppose that Kyoko qualifies for a welfare program for single parents that provides her with $600 cash for each child (a total of $3,000, since Kyoko has five children). After receiving welfare, is Kyoko's family living in poverty? Yes No