Characteristics of food stamp households
Subtitle: summer 1990
By: author, Nancy Heiser ; submitted to U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service ; submitted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc
Contributors: United States. Food and Nutrition Service; United States. Food and Nutrition Service. Office of Analysis and Evaluation; Mathematica Policy Research, inc
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Food stamps; Statistics; Food relief
Description: Presents the results of the most recent survey of participating food stamp households in the United States. Results show that in summer 1990 the FSP provided benefits to an average of 20.4 million persons living in 8 million households across the United States.  The total cost for the program over fiscal year 1990 was $15.5 billion, and the average monthly food stamp benefit per household was $148. In summer 1990 the majority of households served by the FSP contained children or elderly or disabled persons.  92 percent of the FSP households lived below the official federal government poverty line.
Notes: "July 23, 1992."

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