Self-Sufficiency Standard
New Jersey
The Center for Women’s Welfare Self-Sufficiency Standard defines the income working families need to meet a minimum yet adequate level, taking into account family composition, ages of children, and geographic differences in costs. The Standard is an affordability and living wage economic security measure that provides an alternative to the official poverty measure.
Publications
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for New Jersey 2011
December 2011 | Diana Pearce
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for New Jersey 2008
2008 | Diana Pearce
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for New Jersey 2005
June 2005 | Diana Pearce
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for New Jersey 2002
June 2002 | Diana Pearce
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for New Jersey 1999
Fall 1999 | Diana Pearce
Disability and Self-Sufficiency: Estimating the Extra Costs of Disability Required to Achieve a Self Sufficiency Standard of Living 2011
December 2011 | Diana Pearce
Not Enough to Live on: Characteristics of Households Living Beneath the Real Cost of Living in New Jersey 2008
June 2008 | Diana Pearce
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Legal Services in New Jersey supports access to essential civil legal aid for all economically disadvantaged people and addresses recurrent problems impacting the lives of low-income people. Read more.
Legal Services uses the Standard to support their research on the real cost of living and more accurate indicators of poverty.
How to cite
All Self-Sufficiency Standard data that has been produced by the Center for Women’s Welfare is publicly available. When using the data, please credit the Self-Sufficiency Standard at the Center for Women’s Welfare, University of Washington.
Contact cwwsss@uw.edu with any questions regarding methodology or appropriate citation.
The Standard in Use - New Jersey
Labor Union Negotiations
Labor Union Negotiations The Standard has been used in California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington State
New Jersey used the Standard to successfully lobby the state legislature
New Jersey used the Standard to successfully lobby the state legislature In 2005, New Jersey used the Standard to successfully lobby the state legislature to