SPMGEOADJ_19RYALT is a 6-digit floating point variable.

Description

SPMGEOADJ_19RYALT is used to adjust the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) threshold for geographic differences in the cost of living. SPMGEOADJANC12_19RYALT is an anchored corollary to SPMGEOADJ_19RYALT, and is used to calculate SPM thresholds (SPMTHRESHANC12_19RYALT) pegged to a 2012 standard of living. These anchored variables provide a more absolute measure of poverty over time.

This variable is an alternative version of SPMGEOADJ reflects variables that were re-released for the 2020 ASEC which reflects methodological changes first introduced with the 2021 CPS ASEC sample. For more information, see our documentation on the re-release of the 2019 SPM research file in the 2020 ASEC that describes methodological improvements that impact SPM resource and threshold variables. The SPM reference year is the calendar year to which the income, taxes, transfers, expenses, and poverty thresholds apply.

For more information on the calculation of the geographic adjustment factors, see the Census Bureau's "Geographic Adjustments of Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds" report.

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