The Vulnerable

adjusted adults AFDC age groups American assets Australia average Burkhauser Canada cash Census changes chapter compared comparisons countries coverage decades decline demographic dependent distribution divorce earnings economic status economic well-being elderly families equivalence scale expenditures families with children family benefits family income Gini coefficient growth health care health care spending health insurance health status higher household head income-to-needs ratio increased indicators inequality Japan labor force less mean measure median Medicaid Netherlands nonelderly nonwhite Norway OECD overall parents pattern percent percentage period population poverty gap poverty line poverty rates poverty threshold programs proportion relative retirement single-parent families social insurance Social Security benefits Source Statistics Statistics Sweden substantially Survey Sweden Switzerland transfers trends two-parent families U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Congress U.S. poverty unemployment United Kingdom wage welfare well-being of children West Germany widows workers young