In the New York metropolitan area, these incomes are a cut above poverty, and that is all.

At this rate, a minimum-wage worker supporting such a family would be required to work a 10-hour day to rise above poverty.

In 1988 it should not be necessary for a wage earner to work 10 hours a day to merely bring a family above poverty.

The cost of living was raised due to the inflation caused by World War I making it hard for families to live above poverty.

Still, they live barely a step above poverty.

Forced out of necessity into starting a microenterprise, operators are often unskilled and barely living above poverty.

Above poverty, it's a matter where you're providing targeted services.

The problem is phasing it out once the family's income rises above poverty.

Are the countries there being bought off for less than they need to rise above poverty, with agriculture here being ruined as a consequence?

It lifts families above poverty, and rewards work because the credit is tied to earnings.