Table #8


Real outlays per capita (1986 dollars) for national defense and for programs for low-income families and children
FISCAL YEARNATIONAL DEFENSE LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS
1980$ 785.03$507.85
1981828.70516.99
1982910.77456.63
1983991.72466.14
19841,029.60465.66
19851,092.68470.12
19861,100.50464.87
19871,112.07431.07
19881,125.67421.96
19891,163.81411.15
19901,200.85401.10
19911,238.69400.15


SOURCE: Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change by Marian Wright Edelman, Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1987, p.44


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