Losses of U.S. workers in 1992

Int J Health Serv. 1994;24(4):793-9. doi: 10.2190/HWG8-VT2V-WPCG-NAGR.

Abstract

The 1992 Census Bureau Annual Reports on incomes and poverty reveal startling increases in the numbers of people living in poverty and reductions in median family incomes and per capita incomes. The losses of African-Americans and Hispanics were the most severe. The economic "recovery" of 1992 was limited to profits of the capitalist class: the incomes of the top 5 percent rose from 1991 to 1992; the remaining 95 percent experienced declines in real income.

MeSH terms

  • Black or African American
  • Demography
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Income / trends*
  • Poverty / trends
  • Salaries and Fringe Benefits / trends*
  • Social Class
  • United States