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The School Breakfast Program: Participation and Impacts

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  • Bartfeld, Judi
  • Kim, Myoung
  • Ryu, Jeong Hee
  • Ahn, Hong-Min

Abstract

Participation in the School Breakfast Program is much less common than participation in the National School Lunch Program, even among children with access to both programs. This report examines the determinants of participation in the School Breakfast Program among third grade public school students, as well as the impacts of the program on food insecurity and children‘s risk of skipping breakfast. Data are from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey— Kindergarten Cohort and from the Wisconsin Schools Food Security Survey. The study found that students are more likely to participate when breakfast is served in the classroom, when time available for breakfast in school is longer, and when they come from lower income or time-constrained households. Children with access to the School Breakfast Program are more likely to eat breakfast in the morning and that program access may enhance food security among families at the margin of food insecurity.

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  • Bartfeld, Judi & Kim, Myoung & Ryu, Jeong Hee & Ahn, Hong-Min, 2009. "The School Breakfast Program: Participation and Impacts," Contractor and Cooperator Reports 292074, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerscc:292074
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292074
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    1. Craig Gundersen & David R. Just & Jason M. Fletcher & David E. Frisvold, 2017. "The Relationship between the School Breakfast Program and Food Insecurity," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 481-500, November.
    2. Frisvold, David E., 2015. "Nutrition and cognitive achievement: An evaluation of the School Breakfast Program," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 91-104.
    3. Huang, Jin & Barnidge, Ellen, 2016. "Low-income Children's participation in the National School Lunch Program and household food insufficiency," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 8-14.
    4. Ibrahim Kasujja & Hugo Melgar-Quinonez & Joweria Nambooze, 2023. "Day Scholars Food Insecurity Experience Scale-Survey Module (DSFIES-SM): Psychometric Analysis," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
    5. Ralston, Katherine & Treen, Katie & Coleman-Jensen, Alisha & Guthrie, Joanne, 2017. "Children’s Food Security and USDA Child Nutrition Programs," Economic Information Bulletin 259730, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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