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Appendix 6A: SPM/PPM Threshold Components - Availability in the CE Interview Survey/Taken from Other Sources
Pages 100-101

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... FCSUti estimated at 83% of the 47th–53rd percentiles of expenditures for basic bundle for reference CU, then S + U estimated separately by housing tenure (rent, own without a mortgage, own with a mortgage) ; replaces the SU component in FCSUti Food purchased with money income CE includes food at home and away from home Food obtained with in-kind benefits CE used for SNAP; BLS imputes WIC and the National School Lunch Program Clothing CE Shelter (including obtained with CE used for housing tenure, rent, mortgage payment, property taxes, property insurance, subsidies)
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... for applicable metropolitan area/nonmetropolitan county (housing subsidies added to resources for renters; implicit rent net of expenses added to resources for owners) FINAL THRESHOLDS For applicable CU composition/location, revised basic bundle + multiplier + health insurance + housing/utilities FUTURE ADDITION -- CHILDCARE The PPM extends childcare out-of-pocket costs that are subtracted from resources to parents who are in school or disabled; in a future revision, the panel recommends that childcare needs be added to the thresholds in a similar manner to health insurance and childcare subsidies be added to resources SOURCE: For current SPM methodology, see www.bls.gov/pir/spmhome.htm.
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Key Terms

  • revised basic
  • health insurance
  • bls imputes
  • equivalence scale
  • final thresholds

  • including obtained
  • subsidies added
  • applied based
  • scale applied
  • assistance program

  • threshold components
  • times basic
  • insurance units
  • food purchased
  • components health

  • imputes wic
  • bundle threshold
  • benchmark plan
  • mortgage payment
  • including utilities

  • hud fmrs
  • rent net
  • costs subtracted
  • moop costs
  • imputes rental

  • includes food
  • family composition
  • expenses added
  • imputes low
  • expenditures adjustment


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