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Impact of the Food Stamp Program on Low Income Household Food Consumption in Rural Florida*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Pamela H. Neenan  and
Carlton G. Davis
Pamela H. Neenan
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
Carlton G. Davis
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
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One objective of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) is to supplement food expenditures of low income households to enhance the household's ability to provide nutritionally adequate diets. A household may consist of any person, or group of persons, who purchase, store and prepare food. Program eligibility is based on net household income, total assets and household size. Eligible households purchase coupons which are used in retail food outlets. Households of equal size receive coupon allotments of equal purchasing value, but the cash purchase requirement varies with net income. Bonus stamps represent the difference between the purchase requirement and the coupon allotment value.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , December 1977 , pp. 89 - 97
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1977

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Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series No. 690.

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