{"601133":{"#nid":"601133","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Changing the Lens on Poverty Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/6e01077e-a5b3-52ea-b30c-b666d5138855\u0022\u003EShatakshee Dhongde\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was the subject of the \u003Cem\u003ESocial Work Helper,\u003C\/em\u003E January 21, article, \u0026ldquo;Changing the Lens on Poverty Research.\u0026rdquo; The School of Economics is part of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing an innovative technique to measure poverty, a Georgia Institute of Technology economics professor has found that more older Americans live in deprivation than official statistics suggest. Shatakshee Dhongde, associate professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, found that 12.27 percent of senior citizens were deprived in two or more crucial areas, including multiple disabilities, low income, a lack of education, and severe housing burden. Dhongde said the research illustrates a shortcoming in the official measure of poverty in the United States, which focuses solely on income. The federal government reported that 9.5 percent of older Americans were living in poverty in 2013. That is below the 12.3 percent rate found in Dhondge\u0026rsquo;s multidimensional poverty index.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.socialworkhelper.com\/2018\/01\/21\/changing-lens-poverty-research\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESocial Work Helper\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2018-01-22 17:28:55","changed_gmt":"2018-01-22 17:28:55","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"turbulent solutions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.socialworkhelper.com\/2018\/01\/21\/changing-lens-poverty-research\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594859":{"id":"594859","type":"image","title":"Shatakshee Dhongde","body":null,"created":"1503516154","gmt_created":"2017-08-23 19:22:34","changed":"1503516154","gmt_changed":"2017-08-23 19:22:34","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226707","name":"Snip20170823_5.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Snip20170823_5.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Snip20170823_5.png","mime":"image\/png","size":86472,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Snip20170823_5.png?itok=jT04ex5n"}}},"media_ids":["594859"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4294","name":"poverty"},{"id":"175512","name":"Americans"},{"id":"176835","name":"senior"},{"id":"1432","name":"education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}