Orshansky ‘s systems of poverty thresholds used

a. Amount of money that each individual earned in a year
b. Economic profits and gains that each person made
c. c. a rate that would bring up the welfare benefit to the level of the lowest paid worker
d. a formula wherein if the cost of food is about 30% of a family’s budget—the poverty threshold could be established at three times the rate of that market basket


d. a formula wherein if the cost of food is about 30% of a family’s budget—the poverty threshold could be established at three times the rate of that market basket

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