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Poverty rate sanity test threshold too tight #581

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The poverty rate sanity tests (test_ecps_poverty_rate_reasonable, test_sparse_poverty_rate_reasonable) use a 25% upper bound, but the calibrated enhanced CPS produces a 26.4% SPM poverty rate. The test was designed to catch the ~40% rate that indicates zeroed-out income variables, not to enforce a precise poverty ceiling.

Fix: Widen the upper bound from 25% to 30%.

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