# Poverty and Group Quarters

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/poverty-and-group-quarters/1286>\
**Category:** USA\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/poverty-and-group-quarters/1286 "2016-04-29T01:38:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@jbix](https://forum.ipums.org/u/jbix)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/poverty-and-group-quarters/1286/1 "2016-04-29T01:38:00Z")

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What group quarters people are included in the poverty calculation in the ACS

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Moreland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@Tim\_Moreland](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Tim_Moreland)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/poverty-and-group-quarters/1286/2 "2016-05-02T14:09:00Z")

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According to the Census Bureau, the official poverty rate [excludes](https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty-cal-in-acs.pdf) “institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years old.” It does, however, include respondents living in other types of non-institutional group quarters. These respondents have a [POVERTY](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/POVERTY#codes_section) value greater than zero in the IPUMS data, despite having a [GQ](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/GQ#codes_section) value of 4 or 5.

Hope this helps.