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Food-Aid Program Effects On Food Expenditures And Levels Of Nutritional Achevehent Of Low-Income Households

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  • Lane, Sylvia
  • Auslam, David

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The study on which thin paper was based was primarily designed to answer two questions: (1) Are diets of participants in the Food Distribution and Food Stamp Programs, as a group nutritionally superior to those of comparable non-participating low income households; and (2) which of the two programs results in a higher level of nutritional achievement. Reasons for program particiption or non participation, and the effect of the. programs, and various · charteristics of sample households on expenditures for food and levels of nutritional achievement were also considered. Characteristics investigated; were ethnicity;income., including its level, stability, and frequency of receipt and days since payday; educational level of head of household and homemaker; age of head of household and homemaker; sex of head of household and of homemaker; size of household composition of household and residence.

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  • Lane, Sylvia & Auslam, David, 1974. "Food-Aid Program Effects On Food Expenditures And Levels Of Nutritional Achevehent Of Low-Income Households," 1974 Annual Meeting, August 18-21, College Station, Texas 284595, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea74:284595
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284595
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