1.   But merely examining national poverty statistics is not sufficient to understand the depth of poverty in the United States.

2.   Despite the poverty statistics, some single mothers argue that they can handle parenthood and other responsibilities.

3.   This week, as their dispute came to a head with the release of the poverty statistics, they were still professing that their relationship was intact.

4.   Voters and politicians use poverty statistics to assess the performance of presidents and the health of the economy.

5.   International poverty statistics have been based on surveys that use questionnaires to estimate household income and consumption expenditure for a sample of the population, it said.