Extremely poor households have increased to 1.46 million households

Extremely poor households have increased to 1.46 million households (Alberta Times) The latest survey released by researchers at the University of Michigan and Harvard University on the 24th showed that the United States has been experiencing... for at least a month...

(Alberta Times) The latest survey released by researchers from the University of Michigan and Harvard University on the 24th showed that the number of households in the United States living on less than $2 per person per day for at least one month has more than doubled in the past 15 years, from 636,000 households in 1996 to 1.46 million households last year. Schaffer, a professor at the University of Michigan, said that although government welfare measures have reduced the impact of extreme poverty, they have not completely eliminated it. He said that because food stamps are also counted as household income, the number of households living on only two yuan a day has dropped to 800,000, which is still much higher than the 475,000 households in 1996. This survey shows that one-fifth of extremely poor families receive rental subsidies or live in government buildings; 66% of families have at least one child covered by government health insurance. But in the survey, these factors were not factored into household income. Lecter, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, said most aid to poor families is not cash. He said that the federal and state governments passed 70 programs last year, distributing 900 billion yuan in subsidies to the poor, such as health insurance, food stamps, energy assistance and college grants. Lecter said the survey shows a household's extreme poverty over a one-month period and is therefore more reflective of issues such as unemployment, divorce or short-term crises experienced by these households.