Census: Measures of Material Well-Being: Basic Needs, Consumer Durables, Energy, & Poverty.

This interagency report explores trends in the material well-being of the nation’s population from 1981 to 2002. The measures used are intended as indicators of a household’s standard of living, such as computers, microwave ovens and videocassette recorders.

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http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p23-202.pdf