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The Reasons Participants Drop Out of the Food Stamp Program: A Case Study and Its Implications

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In 1967–69 about one-fourth of all potentially eligible households participated in the St. Louis food stamp program. The annual turnover rate approximated 100 percent. The bulk of households receiving public assistance payments dropped from the food stamp program because of inability to purchase coupons. Most nonrecipients of public assistance left the program because income lifted them from eligibility. The large majority of low-income households usually spent more for food than food stamps would have cost, but most households could not meet the program's regular participation requirement. Methods of increasing program participation are presented.

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  • Harold G. Love, 1970. "The Reasons Participants Drop Out of the Food Stamp Program: A Case Study and Its Implications," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 52(3), pages 387-394.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:52:y:1970:i:3:p:387-394.
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    1. Mittelhammer, Ron & West, Donald A., 1975. "Food Stamp Participation Among Low-Income Households: Theoretical Considerations of the Impact on the Demand for Food," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(1), pages 223-231, July.
    2. Lane, Sylvia & Kushman, John E. & Ranney, Christine K., 1983. "Food Stamp Program Participation: An Exploratory Analysis," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 8(1), pages 1-14, July.
    3. Huang, Chung L. & Fletcher, Stanley M., 1981. "Economic Implications Of The New Food Stamp Program On Selected Food Commodities," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, February.
    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.

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