South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Well-Being Outcomes Among Food Stamp Leavers
By David C. Ribar, Marilyn Edelhoch,Qiduan Liu. ERS project representative: Elizabeth Dagata
Contractor and Cooperator Report No. (CCR-22) 38 pp,
September 2006
This study examines data from a survey of families in South Carolina who left the Food Stamp Program (FSP) between 1998 and 2000. We combined the survey data with earnings data and subsequent food stamp receipt to investigate personal and family characteristics associated with three types of well-being outcomes: food hardships, other adverse events, and subjective assessments of life changes. Study results show that families with rising incomes are less likely than families with lower incomes to experience food hardships or other adverse events or to have a negative view about life changes. Families who return to the FSP are more likely to experience food hardships and other adverse events but are less likely to have a negative view about life changes than families who remain out of the program.
This study was conducted by The George Washington University and
the South Carolina Department of Social Services under a cooperative
agreement with the Economic Research Service. The views expressed
are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA.
Keywords: Food Stamps, food insecurity, subjective and material well-being, MIMIC models, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP, ERS, USDA
In this report ... Chapters are
in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Abstract, Acknowledgment, and Contents, 101 kb.
- Introduction, 71 kb.
- Data, 90 kb.
- Descriptive analysis of well-being outcomes, 75 kb.
- Multivariate analyses of well-being outcomes, 136 kb.
- Discussion, 79 kb.
- References, 73 kb.
- Appendix A, 65 kb.
- Appendix B, 65 kb.
For more information on the South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study, see the following report:
- South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Transitions in Food Stamp and TANF Participation and Employment Among Families With Children.
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South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Transitions in Food Stamp Participation and Employment Among Adult-Only Households.
Updated date: September 4, 2006
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