FOOD-AID PROGRAM EFFECTS ON FOOD EXPENDITURES AND LEVELS OF NUTRITIONAL ACHEVEHENT OF LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

Sylvia Lane and David Auslam

No 284595, 1974 Annual Meeting, August 18-21, College Station, Texas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The study on which thin paper was based was primarily designed to answer two questions: (1) Are diets of participants in the Food Distribution and Food Stamp Programs, as a group nutritionally superior to those of comparable non-participating low income households; and (2) which of the two programs results in a higher level of nutritional achievement. Reasons for program particiption or non participation, and the effect of the. programs, and various · charteristics of sample households on expenditures for food and levels of nutritional achievement were also considered. Characteristics investigated; were ethnicity;income., including its level, stability, and frequency of receipt and days since payday; educational level of head of household and homemaker; age of head of household and homemaker; sex of head of household and of homemaker; size of household composition of household and residence.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1974-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284595

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