Table 2: How we measure non-citizen receipt in mixed-citizenship households: EITC

We report two rates for households with at least one non-citizen: "receipt by any household member" and "receipt attributed to non-citizen member." The scenarios below show how the two measures can differ in mixed-citizenship households.

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Note: EITC is administered at the tax-filing unit level, which we use the family unit as a proxy for in the ACS.

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