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Factors Related to Participation in the Food Stamp Program

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  • Hines, Fred K.

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This report examines factors related to differences in the percentages of county population participating in the Food Stamp Program among U.S. counties in May 1970. Factors associated with higher food stamp participation rates were higher unemployment and welfare program participation rates, greater proportion of households with low Income, a higher percentage of population 17 years or younger, and longer participation of the county in the Food Stamp Program. Factors associated with lower food stamp participation rates included greater labor force participation and a higher percentage of population 65 and older. The presence of a direct food distribution program prior to the county’s participation in the Food Stamp Program had little discernible effect. Despite higher participation rates in counties with higher percentages of minorities and the more rural of the nonmetropolltan counties, when other factors affecting participation rates are held constant--mainly percentage in poverty--the analysis suggests that participation in these counties was not as high as in counties with smaller percentages of minorities or in more urban counties.

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  • Hines, Fred K., 1975. "Factors Related to Participation in the Food Stamp Program," Agricultural Economic Reports 307541, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307541
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307541
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    1. Leathers, Howard D., 1979. "A Primer On Nutrition Policy In The United States," Staff Papers 13268, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    2. Ranney, Christine K. & Kushman, John E., 1987. "A Study of the Interdependent Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Demand Decisions," Research Reports 251940, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation.
    3. Darwin G. Johnson, 1981. "Sensitivity of Federal Expenditures To Unemployment," Public Finance Review, , vol. 9(1), pages 3-21, January.
    4. Kletke, Marilyn G., 1977. "Anti-Poverty Distribution Of Food Stamp Program Benefits: A Profile Of 1975 Federal Program Outlays," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 9(2), pages 1-7, December.
    5. Smith, Leslie Whitener & Rowe, Gene, 1978. "Food Stamp Participation of Hired Farmworker Families," Agricultural Economic Reports 305538, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Epps, Walter B., 1981. "Food Stamp Participation And Local Support," Staff Reports 276700, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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