Characteristics of food stamp households
Subtitle: summer 1988
Edition: Summer 1988 ed.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Food stamps; Statistics
Description: Abstract: Presents the results of the most recent survey of about 11,000 participating food stamp households in United States. It describes the economic and demographic circumstances of the households in the summer of 1988 and examines changes in these circumstances since summer 1987. The results show that the average monthly gross income increased by $7, that the percentage of households with gross income below half the poverty line fell by 2 percent, that the average value of total deductions increased and average net income increased, and that the average monthly food stamp benefit increased by $7 per household.