Poverty and young adults
In response to this post over at Volokh Conspiracy, commenter Paul says, "One of th[e] adults making "$7/day" last year was my 18 year old daughter who filed a tax return in order to get her withheld income taxes refunded from her summer job." Paul's daughter is surprisingly representative of those in poverty:- half of minimum wage earners are under 25
- 18% of those without health insurance are 18-24 years old (pdf) (while making up about 9% of the population)
- 13% of all households in poverty are headed by someone 24 or less (while making up only 4% of all households)