SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective.
Individuals receiving monthly benefits through the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) often fall short of food at the end of the month and some report feelings of hunger. To investigate this situation, we used time diaries from the 2006-08 American Time Use Survey and Eating &...
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| description | Individuals receiving monthly benefits through the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) often fall short of food at the end of the month and some report feelings of hunger. To investigate this situation, we used time diaries from the 2006-08 American Time Use Survey and Eating & Health Module to identify the timing of days where respondents reported no eating occurrences. Analysis includes descriptive statistics, a logit model, and a simulated benefit month. We found that SNAP participants were increasingly more likely than nonparticipants to report a day with no eating occurrences over the benefit issuance cycle. This supports the view that there is a monthly cycle in food consumption associated with the SNAP monthly benefit issuance policy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27e6b5c5882c4fe887d0eabbd025ecb82022-12-22T00:01:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01117e015842210.1371/journal.pone.0158422SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective.Karen S HamrickMargaret AndrewsIndividuals receiving monthly benefits through the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) often fall short of food at the end of the month and some report feelings of hunger. To investigate this situation, we used time diaries from the 2006-08 American Time Use Survey and Eating & Health Module to identify the timing of days where respondents reported no eating occurrences. Analysis includes descriptive statistics, a logit model, and a simulated benefit month. We found that SNAP participants were increasingly more likely than nonparticipants to report a day with no eating occurrences over the benefit issuance cycle. This supports the view that there is a monthly cycle in food consumption associated with the SNAP monthly benefit issuance policy.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4943850?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Karen S Hamrick Margaret Andrews SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective. PLoS ONE |
| title | SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective. |
| title_full | SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective. |
| title_fullStr | SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective. |
| title_full_unstemmed | SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective. |
| title_short | SNAP Participants' Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective. |
| title_sort | snap participants eating patterns over the benefit month a time use perspective |
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