Understanding the geography of food stamp program participation: Do space and place matter?

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-275

  Slack, Tim ^a   Myers, Candice A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food assistance; Food stamps; Persistent poverty; Regional inequality; SNAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856346235     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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