Figure 3.   Pre- and Post-Transfer Poverty Rates

Rainwater, Lee and Timothy M. Smeeding. Figure 5.3, “Percentage Net Transfers in Fourteen Countries, by Mean Equivalent Income for Children in Lowest Quintile.” In Poor Kids in a Rich Country. ©Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10021. Reprinted with permission.