Topics: Economics and Personal Finances, Socioeconomic Class. 1  Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center. 2  Rakesh Kochhar is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
In the United States, the Census Bureau determines who is poor using an economic poverty measure, by calculating official poverty estimates using a set of dollar-value thresholds, or minimum amount of income needed to meet basic needs, that vary by family size and composition.
Poor posture is the new first-world problem thatâs causing more mental and physical health complications than most people realize. The human body was designed to move â not to sit in a chair for several hours at a time. Over time, bad habits lead to fatigue, depression, pain and headaches.