CORRECTION: Self-Sufficiency Standard

Accuracy means everything to us at kidsdata.org, so we want to draw your attention to a correction in one indicator. We offer the 2008 Self-Sufficiency Standard for the three most common types of families with children. The Self-Sufficiency Standard measures how much income is needed for a family of a certain composition living in a particular county to adequately meet its minimal basic needs, and takes into account the costs of housing, child care, health care, transportation, food, and other necessary expenses.

The annual figures are per family, rather than per adult, and this revision to the data has been posted on the live site. Many thanks to a meticulous kidsdata user from Food Share in Ventura County for contacting us with a question about this.

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Posted by Sarah Marxer

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