{"584279":{"#nid":"584279","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Study: Poverty Should be Measured by More Than Just Income","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShatakshee Dhongde, assistant professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Economics, was quoted in \u0026ldquo;Study: Poverty Should be Measured by More Than Just Income\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWABE.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the United States, poverty is measured by income level. If you\u0026rsquo;re a family of four making more than $24,000 a year, you\u0026rsquo;re over the poverty line. Less than that, and you\u0026rsquo;re under it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut a study from Georgia Tech says looking at income alone is not enough.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, maybe your income is technically over the poverty line, but you can\u0026rsquo;t afford health insurance. Or your rent or mortgage takes a major hit each month. Or you have a disability.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Shatakshee Dhongde is an economist at Georgia Tech. She says that many Americans are facing more than one of these situations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.wabe.org\/post\/study-poverty-should-be-measured-more-just-income\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-11-28 17:32:14","changed_gmt":"2016-11-28 17:36:45","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 benefits","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/news.wabe.org\/post\/study-poverty-should-be-measured-more-just-income","dateline":{"date":"2016-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405671":{"id":"405671","type":"image","title":"Shatakshee Dhongde - Updated","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1567697446","gmt_changed":"2019-09-05 15:30:46","alt":"A portrait photo of Shatakshee Dhongde","file":{"fid":"76094","name":"shataksheedhongdeweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shataksheedhongdeweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shataksheedhongdeweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":35751,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/shataksheedhongdeweb.jpg?itok=69G7jWV0"}}},"media_ids":["405671"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}