Researchers Are Conducting a Review of the "War Against Poverty

Essay

Researchers are conducting a review of the "war against poverty" in the latter half of the twentieth century. As part of their analysis, the proportion of Americans under the age of 18 who lived below the poverty line for each of the years 1959 through 2000 is used to generate the following time series plot.
​ How successful was the United States in its efforts to win "the war against poverty" for the nation's children during this time period?