{"article":{"id":8974,"heading":"EPI Report Finds Nearly 1 In 3 Families With Young Children Can't Afford Basics","author":"Economic Policy Institute","created":"2001-07-27 22:01:25","modified":"2005-08-15 00:36:53","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:36:53","article":"<p>HARDSHIP\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>\r\n\r\nJuly 24, 2001<\/b><\/p><p>\r\n\r\nEconomic Policy Institute<br> \r\nPRESS RELEASE<\/p><p>\r\n\r\nOne In Three Families With Young Children Can't\r\nAfford Basics Like Food, Housing, And Health\r\nCare<\/p><hr>\r\nNew Report Shows\r\nFamilies Well Above Official Poverty Line Still Face Hardships<p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><ul><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><\/ul><p><\/p><ul><li><br><br><\/li><li><br><br><\/li><li><\/ul><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><hr><p><\/p><table><tr><td colspan=\"7\"><b><\/b><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"7\"><b><\/b><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td colspan=\"3\" align=\"right\"><\/td><td colspan=\"3\" align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><b><\/b><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/td><td align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"7\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"7\"><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.epinet.org\/books\/hardships.pdf","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Conservatives routinely claim that US poverty figures are misleadingly inflated, but a new report from \r\nEPI--Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families--shows just the opposite, with millions of officially non-poor families living lives of fundamental deprivation.  Fully 29% of working families in the US with 1-3 children under 12 don't earn enough income to afford basic necessities like food, housing, health care, and child care, even during a period of national prosperity.  Even so-called \"living wage\" levels are inadequate, figures show.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/07\/hardship.htm","filesize":"16.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/07\/8974.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}