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Poverty and Health – An
Inconvenient Truth
Dr. Timothy M. Bray
Director, The Institute
for Urban Policy Research
Will Rogers
“It’s not what we
don’t know that
hurts us, it’s
what we know
that just ain’t
so!”
Rooted in Inequality…
What is Poverty?
How is Poverty Defined?
How
Much Is
Enough?
How
Much is
Too
Little?
"Mollie Orshansky 1967" by Unknown
Social Security Administration History Archives.
Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Defining Poverty – 2014
Size of family unit
Related children under 18 years
None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Eight or
more
One person (unrelated
individual
Under 65 years 12,316
65 years and over 11,354
Two people
Householder under 65 years 15,853 16,317
Householder 65 years and
over 14,309 16,256
Three people 18,518 19,055 19,073
Four people 24,418 24,817 24,008 24,091
Five people 29,447 29,875 28,960 28,252 27,820
Six people 33,869 34,004 33,303 32,631 31,633 31,041
Seven people 38,971 39,214 38,375 37,791 36,701 35,431 34,036
Eight people 43,586 43,970 43,179 42,485 41,501 40,252 38,953 38,622
Nine people or more 52,430 52,685 51,984 51,396 50,430 49,101 47,899 47,601 45,768
Source: US Bureau of the Census, 2014 PovertyThresholdTable
Minimum Wage Is Often Below Poverty
Wage
Size of family unit
Related children under 18 years
None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Eight or
more
One person (unrelated individual)
Under 65 years 122%
65 years and over
Two people
Householder under 65 years 190% 92%
Householder 65 years and over
Three people 244% 158% 79%
Four people 247% 182% 126% 63%
Five people 256% 202% 156% 107% 54%
Six people 267% 222% 181% 139% 95% 49%
Seven people 271% 231% 196% 160% 123% 85% 44%
Eight people 277% 240% 210% 177% 145% 112% 77% 39%
Nine people or more 259% 229% 203% 176% 150% 123% 94% 63% 33%
What About a Living Wage?
Costs for a Family ofThree in Dallas Co.
Food$6,704
Childcare$7,977
Medical$6,534
Housing$10,956
Transportation$9,859
Other$4,284
Required Income$46,315
Taxes$5,335
Income BeforeTaxes$51,650
Required HourlyWage$24.83
TypicalAnnualWages
Education, Training, and Library - $47,200
Healthcare Support - $24,600
Protective Service - $37,000
Food Prep, Serving , & Related - $18,620
Office & Administrative Support - $30,920
Production - $30,460
Community & Social Service - $42,580
Poverty? in Dallas??
Poverty in Dallas
Among
Highest in
Poverty
Rates
• In 2014, 25% of Dallas residents
lived below the poverty line.
• 46% lived below 185% of the
poverty line.
Poverty
Outpaced
Population
Growth
• Population grew by 8% from
2000-2014.
• Persons living in poverty grew by
49% from 2000-2014.
Who is Poor in Dallas County?
• 20.0% (502,605) of Dallas County Residents Live at or Below 100% of the
PovertyThreshold (±1.1%)
At the Margin
• Non-HispanicWhite 08.7%(±1.0%) 67,940
• Non-Hispanic African American 24.0%(±2.1%) 131,749
• Non-Hispanic Asian 14.3%(±3.5%) 20,064
• Hispanic of Any Race 27.0%(±2.3%) 267,352
By Race and Ethnicity
• Under 18 30.8%(±2.4%) 208,613
• 18 to 64 16.8%(±1.0%) 267,574
• 65 and Up 10.8%(±1.7%) 26,418
By Age
Source: InstituteAnalysis of American Community Survey Public Use Micro
Sample (PUMS) 2014 1-Year Estimates
Who is Near Poor in Dallas County?
• 40.9% (1,018,284) of Dallas County Residents Live at or Below 185% of the
PovertyThreshold (±1.3%)
At the Margin
• Non-HispanicWhite 19.4%(±1.5%) 149,076
• Non-Hispanic African American 45.0%(±2.7%) 243,145
• Non-Hispanic Asian 27.6%(±4.3%) 38,606
• Hispanic of Any Race 57.6%(±2.2%) 565,321
By Race and Ethnicity
• Under 18 57.3%(±2.1%) 384,027
• 18 to 64 35.6%(±1.4%) 561,635
• 65 and Up 30.4%(±2.3%) 72,622
By Age
Source: InstituteAnalysis of American Community Survey Public Use Micro
Sample (PUMS) 2014 1-Year Estimates. Near Poor Reflects At or Below 185% of
the Federal PovertyThreshold
2014 Poverty by Tract
Significant Changes in Poverty
2010-2014
Concentrated Poverty in Dallas
2014
Why Does Poverty Matter?
A Different World…
An Inequality of Opportunity
Number of Grocery Stores
Within 30 Minute Public Transit
Number of Pharmacies
Within 30 Minute Public Transit
Major Racial and Ethnic Identities in
Concentrated Poverty Neighborhoods
Poverty and Health Insurance
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
25% 50% 75% 100% 150% 185% 200% 300% 400% 500%
Probability of Health Insurance Coverage by ProductType
and Percent of Poverty Threshold, Dallas County
Employed Persons Age 25-64, 2014
Company-Paid Self-Paid Low-Income Uninsured
Source: InstituteAnalysis of American Community Survey Public Use Micro
Sample (PUMS) 2014 1-Year Estimates.
The Impact of Toxic Stress
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood
Poverty Impacts Brain Development
For More Information
Dr. Timothy M. Bray
Institute for Urban Policy Research
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Road, WT20
Richardson, Texas 75080
V: 972-883-5430
F: 972-883-5431
timothy.bray@utdallas.edu
http://iupr.utdallas.edu
www.slideshare.net/TimothyBray
@timothy_bray

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Poverty and Health - An Inconvenient Truth

  • 1. Poverty and Health – An Inconvenient Truth Dr. Timothy M. Bray Director, The Institute for Urban Policy Research
  • 2. Will Rogers “It’s not what we don’t know that hurts us, it’s what we know that just ain’t so!”
  • 5. How is Poverty Defined? How Much Is Enough? How Much is Too Little? "Mollie Orshansky 1967" by Unknown Social Security Administration History Archives. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
  • 6. Defining Poverty – 2014 Size of family unit Related children under 18 years None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight or more One person (unrelated individual Under 65 years 12,316 65 years and over 11,354 Two people Householder under 65 years 15,853 16,317 Householder 65 years and over 14,309 16,256 Three people 18,518 19,055 19,073 Four people 24,418 24,817 24,008 24,091 Five people 29,447 29,875 28,960 28,252 27,820 Six people 33,869 34,004 33,303 32,631 31,633 31,041 Seven people 38,971 39,214 38,375 37,791 36,701 35,431 34,036 Eight people 43,586 43,970 43,179 42,485 41,501 40,252 38,953 38,622 Nine people or more 52,430 52,685 51,984 51,396 50,430 49,101 47,899 47,601 45,768 Source: US Bureau of the Census, 2014 PovertyThresholdTable
  • 7. Minimum Wage Is Often Below Poverty Wage Size of family unit Related children under 18 years None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight or more One person (unrelated individual) Under 65 years 122% 65 years and over Two people Householder under 65 years 190% 92% Householder 65 years and over Three people 244% 158% 79% Four people 247% 182% 126% 63% Five people 256% 202% 156% 107% 54% Six people 267% 222% 181% 139% 95% 49% Seven people 271% 231% 196% 160% 123% 85% 44% Eight people 277% 240% 210% 177% 145% 112% 77% 39% Nine people or more 259% 229% 203% 176% 150% 123% 94% 63% 33%
  • 8. What About a Living Wage? Costs for a Family ofThree in Dallas Co. Food$6,704 Childcare$7,977 Medical$6,534 Housing$10,956 Transportation$9,859 Other$4,284 Required Income$46,315 Taxes$5,335 Income BeforeTaxes$51,650 Required HourlyWage$24.83 TypicalAnnualWages Education, Training, and Library - $47,200 Healthcare Support - $24,600 Protective Service - $37,000 Food Prep, Serving , & Related - $18,620 Office & Administrative Support - $30,920 Production - $30,460 Community & Social Service - $42,580
  • 10. Poverty in Dallas Among Highest in Poverty Rates • In 2014, 25% of Dallas residents lived below the poverty line. • 46% lived below 185% of the poverty line. Poverty Outpaced Population Growth • Population grew by 8% from 2000-2014. • Persons living in poverty grew by 49% from 2000-2014.
  • 11. Who is Poor in Dallas County? • 20.0% (502,605) of Dallas County Residents Live at or Below 100% of the PovertyThreshold (±1.1%) At the Margin • Non-HispanicWhite 08.7%(±1.0%) 67,940 • Non-Hispanic African American 24.0%(±2.1%) 131,749 • Non-Hispanic Asian 14.3%(±3.5%) 20,064 • Hispanic of Any Race 27.0%(±2.3%) 267,352 By Race and Ethnicity • Under 18 30.8%(±2.4%) 208,613 • 18 to 64 16.8%(±1.0%) 267,574 • 65 and Up 10.8%(±1.7%) 26,418 By Age Source: InstituteAnalysis of American Community Survey Public Use Micro Sample (PUMS) 2014 1-Year Estimates
  • 12. Who is Near Poor in Dallas County? • 40.9% (1,018,284) of Dallas County Residents Live at or Below 185% of the PovertyThreshold (±1.3%) At the Margin • Non-HispanicWhite 19.4%(±1.5%) 149,076 • Non-Hispanic African American 45.0%(±2.7%) 243,145 • Non-Hispanic Asian 27.6%(±4.3%) 38,606 • Hispanic of Any Race 57.6%(±2.2%) 565,321 By Race and Ethnicity • Under 18 57.3%(±2.1%) 384,027 • 18 to 64 35.6%(±1.4%) 561,635 • 65 and Up 30.4%(±2.3%) 72,622 By Age Source: InstituteAnalysis of American Community Survey Public Use Micro Sample (PUMS) 2014 1-Year Estimates. Near Poor Reflects At or Below 185% of the Federal PovertyThreshold
  • 14. Significant Changes in Poverty 2010-2014
  • 15. Concentrated Poverty in Dallas 2014
  • 16. Why Does Poverty Matter?
  • 17. A Different World… An Inequality of Opportunity
  • 18. Number of Grocery Stores Within 30 Minute Public Transit
  • 19. Number of Pharmacies Within 30 Minute Public Transit
  • 20. Major Racial and Ethnic Identities in Concentrated Poverty Neighborhoods
  • 21. Poverty and Health Insurance 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 25% 50% 75% 100% 150% 185% 200% 300% 400% 500% Probability of Health Insurance Coverage by ProductType and Percent of Poverty Threshold, Dallas County Employed Persons Age 25-64, 2014 Company-Paid Self-Paid Low-Income Uninsured Source: InstituteAnalysis of American Community Survey Public Use Micro Sample (PUMS) 2014 1-Year Estimates.
  • 22. The Impact of Toxic Stress Source: US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood
  • 23. Poverty Impacts Brain Development
  • 24. For More Information Dr. Timothy M. Bray Institute for Urban Policy Research The University of Texas at Dallas 800 West Campbell Road, WT20 Richardson, Texas 75080 V: 972-883-5430 F: 972-883-5431 timothy.bray@utdallas.edu http://iupr.utdallas.edu www.slideshare.net/TimothyBray @timothy_bray