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Food Stamp Program Effects on Availability Of Food Nutrients for Low Income Families In the Southern Region of the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

W. Keith Scearce  and
Robert B. Jensen
W. Keith Scearce
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
Robert B. Jensen
Affiliation:
Farmbank Services, Denver Colorado
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The food stamp program, as enacted into law in 1964, was intended to improve the diet of low income households, but whether the program resulted in a nutritional improvement remains a controversial question. Several studies have evaluated the nutritional impact of the food stamp program on participant households. In general, the study findings do not conclusively resolve the question of nutritional improvement for participant families. Studies of California families showed some nutritional improvements among food stamp recipients in comparison with nonrecipients [7, 8]. A study in Pennsylvania showed no nutritional improvements, except in temporary periods of cash shortage [9].

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , December 1979 , pp. 113 - 120
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1979

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