when measuring poverty the census bureau excludes the following people 
each year the census bureau updates its poverty threshold statistics the table below shows the 2022 income thresholds for those in poverty each column represents the number of people living in a household under the age of 18 poverty thresholds as well as the number of children under the age of 18 in a home are important because they help determine how government aid such as food assistance and medical care should be allocated 6 the measurement for those in poverty uses pretax income or income before taxes are taken out by the internal revenue service irs 4poverty has decreased in developed countries since the industrial revolution increased production reduced the cost of goods making them more affordable while advancements in agriculture increased crop yields as well as food production the international poverty line is a monetary threshold under which an individual is considered to be living in poverty this figure is calculated by taking the poverty threshold from each country given the value of the goods needed to sustain one adult and converting it into u s dollars the current international poverty line is 2 15 per day 7many people around the globe still struggle to make ends meet according to the world bank an estimated 700 6 million people lived in extreme poverty in september 2023 8it s estimated that more than 40 of the world s population lives in poverty with the u s scoring the worst among developed nations according to a report published in the journal frontiers in public health communities of color are more susceptible to poverty because of racist notions of racial inferiority and frequent denial of the structural forms of racism and classism globally and within the u s 9covid 19 was responsible for plunging roughly 100 million more people into extreme poverty according to the world bank 10the impact of poverty on children is substantial children who grow up in poverty typically suffer from severe and frequent health problems infants born into poverty have an increased chance of low birth weight which can lead to physical and mental disabilities 11in certain developing countries poverty stricken infants are nine times more likely to die in their first month compared to babies born in high income countries 1213 those who live may have hearing and vision problems children in poverty tend to miss more school due to sickness and endure more stress at home homelessness is particularly hard on children because they often have little to no access to healthcare and lack proper nutrition which often results in frequent health issues 