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Abstract: Presents the results of the most recent survey of about 11,000 participating food stamp households in United States. It describes the economic and demographic circumstances of the households in the summer of 1988 and examines changes in these circumstances since summer 1987. The results show that the average monthly gross income increased by $7, that the percentage of households with gross income below half the poverty line fell by 2 percent, that the average value of total deductions increased and average net income increased, and that the average monthly food stamp benefit increased by $7 per household.
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Characteristics of food stamp households: summer 1988
1991, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
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Characteristics of food stamp households: summer 1986
1988, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
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Abstract: A report for food program policy makers, managers, and researches presents the result of a national US survey, conducted during the summer of 1986, of over 7100 hourseholds particpating in national food stamp program covering all 50 states and th e District of Columbia. The report provides a description of the economic and demographic circumstances associated with food stamp households during the survey period, and compares these circumstances to those that existed during the previous summer. The economics and composition of the survey population are detailed. comparisons between 1986 and 1985 indicated that the percentage of hoseholds with income below the poverty line remained about the same (39-40%) and the mean monthly food stamp benefit increase by $4/household ($116 to $120).
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