My impression is it’s not well understood that Census substantially changed Supplemental Poverty Measure in 2021. It’s now indisputably a relative measure and is also a better measure.
https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/supplemental-poverty-measure/library/working-papers/topics/improvements-spm-2021.html
https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/supplemental-poverty-measure/library/working-papers/topics/improvements-spm-2021.html
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