How much does the supplemental nutrition assistance program alleviate food insecurity? Evidence from recent programme leavers

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 811-817

  Nord, Mark ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistance Program; Food insecurity; Food security; SNAP; Supplemental Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859588787     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011002709     Document Type: Article

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