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Poverty Measurement: Adjusting for Geographic Cost-of-Living Difference

GGD-95-64 Published: Mar 09, 1995. Publicly Released: Mar 29, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the statistical data requirements for constructing a cost-of-living (COL) index that could be used, at the federal level, to adjust for geographic differences in living costs.

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