Monthly Timing of SNAP Spending Less Smooth for Some Households

Christian A. Gregory

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. December 2018, issue 10

Abstract: A recent study found that 38 percent of SNAP households spent an average of 67 percent of their SNAP benefits within 4 days of receiving them; the remaining households spent 18 percent of their benefits during this time period.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302670

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