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The Reasons Participants Drop Out of the Food Stamp Program: A Case Study and Its Implications
Author(s) -
Love Harold G.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1237390
Subject(s) - food stamp program , food stamps , payment , public assistance , supplemental nutrition assistance program , business , drop out , low income , demographic economics , economics , agricultural economics , food insecurity , finance , geography , food security , welfare , agriculture , archaeology , market economy
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.