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e belo the poterty level· 1981,
up 1.5 mDlion from 1980.
About 70 percent of ill B famille
belo the po my el in 1981 were
DWlIltaDl· ed by omen no hwband
pre n. There ere 1.4 million poor
B f maitt . eel by omen
. 1981, out the e a in 1980.
Otherb�t .
- In 1981, 31.8 miI1.k>n· or one in
Americans were bela the
poverty I, an iDcr of 2.2
million per" O� the 1980
total of 29.6.
- The umber of poor chi1dreo under
18 y old ro from 11 •. S million
in 1980 to 12.3 million in 1981,
and the proportion of chiklren
belo the po tty 1 ro from
183 to 19.8 percent.
- Between 1980 and 1981, the pover­
ty rate role from 13.2 to 14.0 per­
cent and s b4h amo� B s
(34.2 percent) folio eel by persons
of SpanislHl�in (26.5 percent)
and bites (11.1 percent).
- The real median income for families
maintained by omen ($10,960)
declined by 4.6 percent.
- Bl omen in th South, omen
under e of 2S, and female private
hou bold orkers aD experienced .
decline in their real median
income.
- Real median family income in
1 81 as do n 3.S percent. On
the erage, family purchasing
po er a about $2,1 SO belo
1979 le e year In hich
income
remained
ld' 1981 for a
9;287; fo! 1980
t medi incom
$16,590 in the
$ 12;280 In South. Overall,
family inoom for aD familie
fell in thr of the four rep, of the
ation. The the only
regk>o t dkt not a decline in
real income.
A do nturn in economic activity
s a cont ution f ctor i the number
of perso ho fell b 10 the poverty
level' 1981. The number of B
be th poverty line ro by 618,000,
from about 8.6 million in 1980 to 9.2
million in 1981. There ere 21.6 million
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in family . comes kept
. inflation.
mcreue in the po� popu-
tion occurred all major .
gr phic etropo
IlODIJletropolitan areas bad . -
cr of about the e e
(1.2 million and 990,000 retpect­
. ely) in the number of poor
people b een 1980 and 1981.
e 0 ran po erty rate for
metropolitan eu 12.6 per­
cent in 1981, but their central
. ie had a consklerably higher
rate (18.0 percent) and eas
out . e central .. bad a 10 er
rate (8.9 percent)
The report abo poi ts out that
rvey re s reflect only money 10' ICODte
cautio
ion may be 0Yel1'lla
2Y1!I1'He hoUleboId � ...
ment of bo
of the Co er Price Index.
Cop' of the report, DeY lDCC)JDe
PoYerty Status of FamtlUel
Peno , in the U . ed � 1981
(Adnnce Data from 1 2
Current . P.(,O,
. 134, (GPO Sto OQ3.OO1-
9072().8) are Ie for S4.50
pr from the Superintend
Docu ntl, U.s. GortenDeillt
D.C. 20402, or
uunent of Co ee
ofrJCe in
SHOPPI G TRIP FOR SE 10
. The Senior Socialities of the Benton
Harbor Senior Citize Center ha e
planned a shopp' trip . to do town
C�o Loop on Saturday, August 28.
Departure time will be 9:00 am. . h
return at 6:()() p.m. .
The total co for this one d y op­
ping trip. $ 12.00 per person, You may
plan other ac_!ivitie for�! d y if you
on this trip.
Reservations mu be in
full DO ter than Aupst 21.
information and r tion p
e Senior Center may,
Frnay 9:00 un. til 3:30 p.m.
Senion and none .
to tinel with
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.
I L Push Ind support ECO 0 IC
DEVELO ENT Ictivit· s for the city of
Benton H rbor. The Fed rll, state Ind cou y
mments r�nize t n Ind b n fit of
office CII in t CIIntr I city of I m ropoll-
tan Ir Ind I shot in th arm for ton
Hlrbor.
"waite and folio t ro h on
JOBS FOR I ORITIES In lUI s of go rn-
rdl of politics.
I IL L d mind IccOun bil;W for tax doll rs
paid to th county and t imi tion of st-
ful expenditur Ind n "cronyism" t t
is counterproducti to II t xpay rs.
VOlE
I L support I i tio for U ICIPAL
COURT In th city of Benton Harbor to h nell
III·code enforce nt, mitdem no , ndillsm,
Ind minor infrlctions of I
If y
AT
in I
mot I so that Twin Cit· r sid ts can f I mor
.
Qlre. THERE IS NO EED T� LOCK UP
. PE�PLE WHO ARE BEHIND 0 HILD
5 RT OR 5 OKE POT. Get th d I