Boosting Upward Mobility from Poverty Data Documentation

Introduction

The Urban Institute is engaged in a multi-year effort to understand upward mobility from poverty and to work with local leaders to promote policies that boost upward mobility from poverty.

This book contains documentation of the data sets and variables that make up the mobility metrics.

The data are available on the Urban Institute Data Catalog.

To learn more, please read:

• Boosting Upward Mobility: Metrics to Inform Local Action
• Boosting Upward Mobility: Metrics to Inform Local Action Summary