Education Working Paper No. 6  September 2004

Table 3: The Economics Index Year Economics Income Poverty 1970 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1971 -0.1% -0.2% 0.0% 1972 4.5% 4.6% 4.3% 1973 6.9% 6.8% 7.1% 1974 6.5% 4.0% 9.0% 1975 3.4% 2.1% 4.7% 1976 6.3% 5.3% 7.2% 1977 6.3% 5.9% 6.7% 1978 11.4% 11.9% 10.9% 1979 12.8% 13.6% 12.0% 1980 8.8% 9.8% 7.8% 1981 5.8% 6.9% 4.6% 1982 2.2% 5.6% -1.2% 1983 1.9% 6.4% -2.6% 1984 5.4% 10.0% 0.8% 1985 6.9% 11.7% 2.1% 1986 10.7% 16.5% 4.9% 1987 11.6% 18.5% 4.8% 1988 12.3% 18.8% 5.7% 1989 14.5% 21.1% 7.9% 1990 13.0% 19.2% 6.8% 1991 9.5% 16.9% 2.0% 1992 7.0% 16.1% -2.0% 1993 5.8% 14.5% -2.9% 1994 9.5% 17.6% 1.5% 1995 13.8% 20.3% 7.4% 1996 13.9% 22.0% 5.8% 1997 17.7% 25.8% 9.6% 1998 21.2% 30.1% 12.3% 1999 25.2% 33.5% 17.0% 2000 26.9% 33.9% 20.0% 2001 23.9% 32.0% 15.9%

Figure 3: The Economics Index

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