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*Introduction.
*Poverty ratesworldwide. Charts and links.
*More poverty links andinfo. *Drug Warcharts, and more.
This is an older page. Try Wikipedia,etc. for more current info and data.The worst poverty in many places isthe lack of healthcare.
One canlive in the illusion that most people in Western nations have enough toeat,warm clothes, and a place to sleep. But healthcare costs often leadpeople(especially in the USA) to choose between food, rent, warm clothes,medications,and other healthcare costs. The dental health of many children inthe USA isappalling. Most bankruptcies in the USA are due to healthcare costs.One candetermine levels of poverty by looking at different percentages ofmedianincome, absolute income, etc., but that is often not nearly asimportant as thelack of healthcare for many people, especially in the USA. Most otherindustrialized or Western (long democratic traditions) nations haveuniversalhealthcare. The USA is a verybackward nation. The USA prefers to waste an astronomical amount ofmoney on itsprisons due to its insane drug war.Universal healthcare is how the drug war is being rolled back inEurope.Much of Europe has a harm reduction attitude to drugs. Harmreduction only works well if there is universal healthcare:
https://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm
Universal healthcare costs less than U.S. healthcare, and getsbetter national health indicator results. Here is a great thread onuniversal healthcare in Canada. The first post is propaganda from aCanadian corporatist think tank. The replies are from Canadians mostly.They rip the propaganda to shreds. Forum thread:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/viewtopic.php?topic=51285&forum=3
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Povertyrates worldwide.Charts. [TopLink]
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Poverty Rates. By nation.Timelines.
The stats in the chart below are from the Luxembourg Income Study.
Poverty_rate._Those_below_50%_of_median_income.
_______________________________________________
As_a_percent_of_each_age_group.________________
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Nation________Year____________Children__Elderly
____________________All_ages___________________
_______________________________________________
Australia_____1981______11.3_____13.8______24.0
Australia_____1985______11.9_____14.0______24.3
Australia_____1989______12.2_____15.0______23.8
Australia_____1994______14.3_____15.8______29.4
Austria_______1987_______6.7______4.8______18.5
Austria_______1994_______8.7______9.7______11.9
Austria_______1995______10.6_____15.0______10.3
Austria_______1997_______8.0_____10.2______10.5
Belgium_______1985_______4.5______4.0______10.9
Belgium_______1988_______4.6______3.8_______9.7
Belgium_______1992_______5.2______4.6______12.1
Belgium_______1997_______8.0______7.7______11.7
Canada________1971______16.1_____16.6______36.9
Canada________1975______13.9_____14.4______34.7
Canada________1981______12.4_____14.8______22.1
Canada________1987______11.4_____14.9______10.8
Canada________1991______11.0_____15.3_______5.8
Canada________1994______11.3_____15.4_______4.9
Canada________1997______11.9_____15.7_______5.4
Canada________1998______12.8_____16.3_______7.8
Canada________2000______11.4_____14.9_______5.9
Czech_Rep.____1992_______2.3______2.2_______5.0
Czech_Rep.____1996_______4.9______6.6_______7.4
Denmark_______1987______10.1______4.7______31.5
Denmark_______1992_______7.2______5.0______11.1
Denmark_______1995_________-________-_________-
Denmark_______1997_________-________-_________-
Estonia_______2000______12.4_____13.6______11.0
Finland_______1987_______5.4______2.8______11.9
Finland_______1991_______5.7______2.3______13.9
Finland_______1995_______4.2______2.0_______5.6
Finland_______2000_______5.4______2.8_______8.5
France________1979_______8.2______7.2______10.3
France________1981_______7.3______6.9______(na)
France_(a)____1984_______7.4______7.5_______4.8
France_(b)____1984______11.5______9.8______19.3
France________1989_______8.9______8.3______14.7
France________1994_______8.0______7.9_______9.8
Germany_______1973_______6.7______4.4______17.8
Germany_______1978_______6.5______3.4______17.6
Germany_______1981_______5.3______2.8______14.4
Germany_______1983_______5.8______4.7______14.3
Germany_______1984_______7.9______8.5______14.0
Germany_______1989_______5.8______4.1______11.3
Germany_______1994_______8.2______9.5_______9.7
Germany_______2000_______8.3______9.0______10.1
Hungary_______1991_______8.2______6.9______14.0
Hungary_______1994______10.1_____11.4_______8.8
Hungary_______1999_______6.7______8.8_______3.7
Ireland_______1987______11.1_____13.8______14.4
Ireland_______1994______11.9_____14.6______17.3
Ireland_______1995______12.9_____15.7______17.6
Ireland_______1996______12.3_____14.4______24.3
Ireland_______2000______16.5_____17.2______35.8
Israel________1979______10.9_____10.3______29.7
Israel________1986______11.7_____12.7______23.3
Israel________1992______10.2_____11.6______17.2
Israel________1997______13.5_____13.3______26.4
Israel________2001______15.6_____18.0______21.6
Italy_________1986______10.4_____11.4______13.1
Italy_________1987______11.2_____13.7______12.6
Italy_________1989_______9.7_____11.3______15.0
Italy_________1991______10.4_____14.0______15.7
Italy_________1993______14.0_____19.9______13.8
Italy_________1995______14.1_____19.0______14.3
Italy_________1998______14.1_____18.4______15.5
Italy_________2000______12.7_____16.6______13.7
Luxembourg____1985_______5.3______5.2______12.7
Luxembourg____1991_______4.7______5.4______11.8
Luxembourg____1994_______3.9______4.5_______6.7
Luxembourg____1997_______6.2_____10.1_______5.5
Luxembourg____2000_______6.0______9.1_______3.7
Mexico________1984______20.8_____23.5______27.3
Mexico________1989______21.1_____24.7______27.9
Mexico________1992______20.6_____24.6______27.1
Mexico________1994______21.8_____26.2______31.0
Mexico________1996______20.2_____25.0______27.4
Mexico________1998______21.9_____27.6______29.4
Mexico________2000______21.5_____26.9______28.3
Mexico________2002______20.2_____24.8______27.9
Netherlands___1983_______3.9______2.7______23.7
Netherlands___1987_______4.7______5.2_______0.3
Netherlands___1991_______6.3______8.1_______3.2
Netherlands___1994_______7.2______7.9_______5.3
Netherlands___1999_______7.3______9.8_______2.4
Norway________1979_______4.9______4.8_______6.3
Norway________1986_______7.2______4.3______21.7
Norway________1991_______6.4______5.2______14.0
Norway________1995_______6.9______3.9______14.5
Norway________2000_______6.4______3.4______11.9
Poland________1986_______9.7_____11.7______17.0
Poland________1992_______7.7______8.4______12.5
Poland________1995______11.6_____15.4_______8.4
Poland________1999_______8.6_____12.7_______3.6
Taiwan________1981_______5.5______6.7______13.3
Taiwan________1986_______5.2______5.9______13.0
Taiwan________1991_______6.5______6.9______18.4
Taiwan________1995_______6.7______6.2______21.7
Taiwan________1997_______9.1______9.2______24.7
Taiwan________2000_______9.1______8.0______25.7
Romania_______1995_______8.5_____10.8______12.8
Romania_______1997_______8.1_____10.0______10.4
Russia________1992______19.2_____17.6______38.3
Russia________1995______20.1_____23.7______18.4
Russia________2000______18.8_____22.2______13.8
Slovak_Rep.___1992_______2.1______2.0_______2.2
Slovak_Rep.___1996_______7.0_____(na)______(na)
Slovenia______1997_______9.5______9.4______15.7
Slovenia______1999_______8.2______6.9______17.9
Spain_________1980______12.2_____12.7______18.8
Spain_________1990______10.1_____12.2______11.3
Sweden________1975_______6.5______2.4______13.9
Sweden________1981_______5.3_____4.8________2.9
Sweden________1987_______7.5_____3.5________7.2
Sweden________1992_______6.7_____3.0________6.4
Sweden________1995_______6.6_____2.6________2.7
Sweden________2000_______6.5_____4.2________7.7
Switzerland___1982_______7.6_____4.3_______19.3
Switzerland___1992_______9.3_____10.0_______8.4
U.K.__________1969_______5.5_____6.0_______15.3
U.K.__________1974_______9.1_____8.0_______29.7
U.K.__________1979_______9.2_____9.0_______21.6
U.K.__________1986_______9.1_____12.5_______7.0
U.K.__________1991______14.6_____18.5______23.9
U.K.__________1994______10.8_____13.9______15.1
U.K.__________1995______13.4_____19.8______13.7
U.K.__________1999______12.5_____15.4______20.9
U.S.__________1974______15.9_____19.3______27.5
U.S.__________1979______15.8_____20.4______27.3
U.S.__________1986______17.8_____25.1______23.5
U.S.__________1991______17.5_____24.3______20.8
U.S.__________1994______17.8_____24.5______20.6
U.S.__________1997______16.9_____22.5______20.7
U.S.__________2000______17.0_____21.9______24.7
First link below isfor the Luxembourg Income Study. It has
references, methods, explanations, and much more info:
http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures/povertytable.htmand
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html U.S. Census Bureau.
https://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/poverty.htmmirror page.
https://corporatism.tripod.com/poverty.htmmirror page.
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Child Poverty Rates.
In the USA the "War on Drugs" has replaced the 1960's "War on
Poverty." Prisons, guards, courts, and police have replaced
schools, food, healthcare, and shelter. And the USA does not have
the universal healthcare that nearly all other Western (long
democratic traditions) nations have. The USA stats in the chart
below are from the Luxembourg Income Study (1974 to 2000) and the
U.S. Census Bureau (1960 to 1969). They use slightly different
calculation methods.
Child_Poverty_Rate._______________________________________________
Percent_of_children_in_poverty.___________________________________
By_year.__________________________________________________________
______________2000__1997__1994__1991__1986__1979__1974__1969__1960
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USA.__________21.9__22.5__24.5__24.3__25.1__20.4__19.3__13.8____26
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First link below isfor the Luxembourg Income Study. It has
references, methods, explanations, and much more info:
http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures/povertytable.htmand
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html U.S. Census Bureau.
https://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/poverty.htmmirror page.
https://corporatism.tripod.com/poverty.htmmirror page.
"[1998] is the first time that the [U.S.] child poverty rate has beenbelow 20 percent since 1980." -U.S. Census Bureau. Ronald (6) Wilson(6) Reagan (6) was elected President in 1980. Reaganomics, tax cutsfor the rich, the vastly expanded Drug War and military, and hugeincreasing interest payments on the national debt, have all contributedto stealing wealth from the poor and lower-middle class. Note therelatively low 1969 rate. President Johnson's War on Poverty hadmanaged to lower the poverty rate that far before his and Nixon'sVietnam War reversed the trend. From an excellent 2001 report withmaps and charts (the maxwell.syr.edu links below) yet to beincorporated into the table above: "New fully comparable figureson child poverty across the industrialized world and the 50 UnitedStates show a huge disparity from country to country and state tostate." There is also detailed, worldwide adult and child poverty infoat the UNICEF Innocenti Library at the unicef links below. There is thenew poverty measure for industrialized countries, the Human PovertyIndex (HPI-2), from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)links below. The Eurostat links below have excellent charts forOECD nations. There are other very useful links below from othersources. There is a useful Google.com search shortcut. First linkbelow is from the Luxembourg Income Study:
http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures/povertytable.htmBest poverty rate timeline. Many nations.
http://www.unicef.org/pon96/indust4.htmand
http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/histpov/hstpov24.htmland
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/COW/archive/2001/nov2101pov.htmand
http://www.census.gov/income/histpov/hstpov2.lstand
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.htmland
http://www.commondreams.org/views/071200-104.htmand
http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/repcard1e.pdfand
http://www.npc.umich.edu/povertyand
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/releases/child_poverty_map.htmland
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/releases/child_poverty.htmand
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/cprb2txt.htmland
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/images/cp2tab1.gifand
http://www.unicef-icdc.it/aboutIRC/IRClibrary.htmland
http://www.unicef-icdc.it/cgi-bin/unicef/series_down.sql?SeriesId=16and
http://www.undp.org/hdro/ihpprof.htmand
http://www.unicef.org/pon96/indust4.htmand
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/img/incpov98/chart7.gifand
http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/income98/prs99asc.htmland
http://www.google.com/search?q=poverty+rates+industrialized+nations
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Morepoverty links and info. [TopLink]
The latest links to be found are on top.
*7-2002. Seeking Data on the Drug War's Child Casualties.Motherjones.com -- Web Exclusives. July 24 2002.
http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/features/news/updates.html
"The [US] childpoverty rate fell throughout the 1960’s [because of DemocratPresident Johnson’s "WAR ON POVERTY"], falling fromapproximately 26 percent in 1960 to 13.8 percent in 1969. Itisworthy to note that the rate began rising again [after Republican Nixonreneged on his 1968 election promises for a rapid "peace with honor" inVietnam,and after declaring a "WAR ON DRUGS" in 1971], tomorethan 20 percent, where it is today."
--Senator Christopher Dodd, Jan. 1995, [bracketed]info added.
Until very recently, the last balanced budget was in 1969. The sameyearwhen child poverty was the lowest.
"The US has the highest rate of child poverty in theindustrialized world , with 22 percent of all children living below the officialpoverty line"
--EXTRA!Update, Dec. 1995.
"One in five American children lives in poverty, more thandoublethe rate in Germany or Britain"
--Economist, May 25, 1996.
In October1996 CNN reported that 22% of US children live in poverty. SomeScandinavian countrieswere around 3%.
*12-1999. US: Overall Violence Is Up Since '60s, StudyReports. ["kind ofcrime rate that we would have said is a disasterwhen we went to work on that crime report 30 years ago... notesthe continuing prevalence of crime in the United Statesrelative to other industrialized nations... Nearly (one-quarter)of all young children live in poverty. America is themost unequal country in the industrialized worldinterms of income, wages and wealth."]|
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n1314/a09.html
*12-1999. DRCnet. Study Finds Poverty More Harmful to Children."Journal of Developmental &: Behavioral Pediatrics concludes thatthe negativeeffects of poverty far outweigh the effects of fetal exposure tococaine interms of childhood development."
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/118.html#prenatalexposure
*12-1998. Appalachia: Under the Gun. [DRCnet onpoverty,intensive federal Drug War intervention, fighting back, WaronPoverty history, latest poverty, etc.].
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/072.html#appalachia
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Drugwar charts, and more. [TopLink]
