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Article: Public Misperception About Poverty Continues, Says Catholic Campaign for Human Development
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- U.S. Newswire
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- January 7, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Most Americans believe that
between 1 and 5 million people live in poverty in the United States
when the actual number is nearly 33 million, according to results of
the national "Poverty Pulse" survey released today by the Catholic
Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).
The "Poverty Pulse" is commissioned annually by CCHD to determine
public views on poverty. A total of 1,015 respondents were surveyed
among the general adult population to highlight Americans'
perceptions about what it means to be poor in the U.S. The public
opinion poll is conducted as part of Poverty in America Awareness
Month, which is observed in January.
This year's survey ...