Food Stamps in Rural America: Special Issues and Common Themes

Sheena M. McConnell and James C. Ohls

JCPR Working Papers from Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research

Abstract: The paper examines how well the Food Stamp Program services households in nonmetropolitan areas. It concludes that, overall, the program is at least as successful at serving low-income households in nonmetro as in metro areas. Participation rates among program-eligible households are higher in nonmetro than in metro areas. Recent national declines in participation rates are found to have occurred largely in metro areas. Survey data suggest that rates of satisfaction with the program are relatively high overall and are at least as high among nonmetro households as they are amoung households living in metro areas.

Date: 2000-06-05
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