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DYNAMICS OF POVERTY AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY

Ribar, David C.; Hamrick, Karen S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

This study examines dynamics in poverty and food insufficiency using newly available longitudinal data from the 1993 … uses these data to characterize the incidence and dynamics of poverty and food problems for the entire U.S. population and … associated with transitions into and out of poverty and food insufficiency, and it analyzes the empirical results in the context …

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An Illustrated Guide to Research Findings from USDA's Economic Research Service

Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture; … - 2009

This book contains a sampling of recent ERS research illustrating the breadth of the Agency’s research on current policy issues: from biofuels to food consumption to land conservation to patterns of trade for agricultural products. What you won’t find in this collection is any mention of...

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HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 2003

Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; Carlson, Steven - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004

Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2003, meaning that they had access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were food insecure at least some time during that year. The...

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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2002 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

This report summarizes research findings from the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program. The Economic Research Service created the program in 1998 to stimulate new and innovative research on food assistance and nutrition issues and to broaden the participation of social...

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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2001 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

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Household Food Security in the United States in 2010

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011

An estimated 85.5 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2010, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (14.5 percent) were food insecure at least some time...

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Household Food Security in the United States in 2011

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011

An estimated 85.1 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2011, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (14.9 percent) were food insecure at least some time...

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Assessing Potential Technical Enhancements to the U.S. Household Food Security Measures

Nord, Mark - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2012

The statistical measures used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 1995 to monitor the food security of the Nation’s households—the extent to which they can consistently acquire adequate food for active healthy living—are based on a single-parameter logistic latent-trait measurement...

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Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of SNAP Benefits From 2009 to 2011

Nord, Mark - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013

The value of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits has declined due to inflation since the increase in benefit size in April 2009 mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Earlier Economic Research Service (ERS) research documented improvements in food...

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Food Insecurity Among Households With Working-Age Adults With Disabilities

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Nord, Mark - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013

Prior research has shown that food insecurity is more common among U.S households with an adult who has a work-limiting disability than among other households. To provide more detail on the prevalence of food insecurity by a range of types of disabilities, we analyzed data from the Current...

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