Cashing Out Food Stamps: Impacts on Food Expenditures and Diet Quality

2009 ◽  
pp. 292-305
Author(s):  
Barbara Devaney ◽  
Thomas Fraker
Keyword(s):  
Diet Quality ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Expenditures

scholarly journals Consumption Responses to In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Introduction of the Food Stamp Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary W Hoynes ◽  
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Food Stamp Program ◽  
Difference In Difference ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Difference Methods ◽  
The Impact

Economists have strong theoretical predictions about how in-kind transfers, such as providing vouchers for food, impact consumption. Despite the prominence of the theory, there is little empirical work on responses to in-kind transfers, and most existing work fails to support the canonical theoretical model. We employ difference-in-difference methods to estimate the impact of program introduction on food spending. Consistent with predictions, we find that food stamps reduce out-of-pocket food spending and increase overall food expenditures. We also find that households are inframarginal and respond similarly to one dollar in cash income and one dollar in food stamps. (JEL D12, H23, I38)

scholarly journals Quality of diet related to food insecurity and food stamps use among older people

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria F Montoya ◽  
Andre W Hite ◽  
Patricia Rohrbeck ◽  
Binky Bawa ◽  
Oladayo O Akinwolemiwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Food Security Status

We explore the association between quality of diet and food security status among older persons. Cross-sectional survey of large national samples, from the National Health & Nutrition Examination Surveys (1988-1994 & 2001-2002), in the United States. A total of 5,039 and 2,040 men and women aged 60 and older, respectively. The dependent variable was the healthy eating index (HEI; 2000 and 2005) as a measure of diet quality. The independent variable of interest was food security status and was categorized as food secure, food insecurity receiving food stamps and food insecurity not receiving food stamps. In multivariate analyses, food insecure individuals not receiving food stamps had lower total HEI-2000 scores compared to food secure individuals (b=-3.91, SE=1.81, P=0.0310). Factors independently associated with high HEI (2000 or 2005) scores were female gender, being married, highly educated or wealthy, with very good/ excellent perceived health, or without functional limitations. Food secure individuals had better quality of diet than food insecure individuals. Among food insecure individuals, receiving food stamps was not associated with diet quality. Food insecure families with older individuals may need new methods of dissemination of food and nutrition programs – methods that yield positive and promising changes in the health status of this special population group.

The Effects of Food Stamps on Food Expenditures: Comment

1990 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1081-1083
Author(s):  
Rueben C. Buse ◽  
Jean‐Paul Chavas
Keyword(s):  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Expenditures

scholarly journals Inedible Food Waste Linked to Diet Quality and Food Spending in the Seattle Obesity Study SOS III

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 479
Author(s):  
Shilpi Gupta ◽  
Chelsea M. Rose ◽  
James Buszkiewicz ◽  
Jennifer Otten ◽  
Marie L. Spiker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Property Values ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Residential Property ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Residential Property Values

Americans waste about a pound of food per day. Some of this is represented by inedible food waste at the household level. Our objective was to estimate inedible food waste in relation to diet quality and participant socio-economic status (SES). Seattle Obesity Study III participants (n = 747) completed the Fred Hutch Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) and socio-demographic and food expenditure surveys. Education and geo-coded tax-parcel residential property values were measures of SES. Inedible food waste was calculated from diet records. Retail prices of FFQ component foods (n = 378) were used to estimate individual-level diet costs. The NOVA classification was used to identify ultra-processed foods. Multivariable linear regressions tested associations between inedible food waste, SES, food spending, Nutrient Rich Food (NRF9.3) and Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2015) scores. Inedible food waste was estimated at 78.7 g/d, mostly from unprocessed vegetables (32.8 g), fruit (30.5 g) and meat, poultry, and fish (15.4 g). Greater inedible food waste was associated with higher HEI-2015 and NRF9.3 scores, higher food expenditures and lower percent energy from ultra-processed foods. In multivariable models, more inedible food waste was associated with higher food expenditures, education and residential property values. Higher consumption of unprocessed foods were associated with more inedible food waste and higher diet costs. Geo-located estimates of inedible food waste can provide a proxy index of neighborhood diet quality.

The Effects of Cashing out Food Stamps on Food Expenditures

1985 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 609-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Hollonbeck ◽  
James C. Ohls ◽  
Barbara Posner
Keyword(s):  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Expenditures

The Effects of Food Stamps on Food Expenditures: Reply

1990 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1084-1086
Author(s):  
Barbara Devaney ◽  
Thomas Fraker
Keyword(s):  
Food Stamps ◽  
Food Expenditures

scholarly journals Characterising percentage energy from ultra-processed foods by participant demographics, diet quality and diet cost: findings from the Seattle Obesity Study (SOS) III

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Shilpi Gupta ◽  
Chelsea M. Rose ◽  
James Buszkiewicz ◽  
Linda K. Ko ◽  
Jin Mou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diet Quality ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Retail Prices ◽  
Diet Cost ◽  
Food Expenditure

Abstract Higher consumption of ‘ultra-processed’ (UP) foods has been linked to adverse health outcomes. The present paper aims to characterise percentage energy from UP foods by participant socio-economic status (SES), diet quality, self-reported food expenditure and energy-adjusted diet cost. Participants in the population-based Seattle Obesity Study III (n 755) conducted in WA in 2016–2017 completed socio-demographic and food expenditure surveys and the FFQ. Education and residential property values were measures of SES. Retail prices of FFQ component foods (n 378) were used to estimate individual-level diet cost. Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2015) and Nutrient Rich Food Index 9.3 (NRF9.3) were measures of diet quality. UP foods were identified following NOVA classification. Multivariable linear regressions were used to test associations between UP foods energy, socio-demographics, two estimates of food spending and diet quality measures. Higher percentage energy from UP foods was associated with higher energy density, lower HEI-2015 and NRF9.3 scores. The bottom decile of diet cost ($216·4/month) was associated with 67·5 % energy from UP foods; the top decile ($369·9/month) was associated with only 48·7 % energy from UP foods. Percentage energy from UP foods was inversely linked to lower food expenditures and diet cost. In multivariate analysis, percentage energy from UP foods was predicted by lower food expenditures, diet cost and education, adjusting for covariates. Percentage energy from UP foods was linked to lower food spending and lower SES. Efforts to reduce UP foods consumption, an increasingly common policy measure, need to take affordability, food expenditures and diet costs into account.

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