Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations: Volume I, Food Stamp Program Participants and Nonparticipants

By Mary Kay Fox and Nancy Cole. ERS project representative: Biing-Hwan Lin

E-FAN No. (04014-1) 393 pp, December 2004

Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III), conducted in 1988-94, were used to compare the nutrition and health characteristics of participants and nonparticipants in the Food Stamp Program (FSP). FSP participants were compared with two groups of nonparticipants—those who were income-eligible for the FSP (income at or below 130 percent of poverty) and those with higher incomes (income above 130 percent of poverty). This research was designed to establish a baseline from which to monitor the nutritional and health characteristics of FSP participants and nonparticipants over time.

Keywords: Food Stamp Program, FSP, food assistance, program nonparticipants, nutrition and health outcomes, Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES-III, low-income populations, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP, ERS, USDA

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, List of tables and figures, and Executive Summary, 357 kb
• Chapter One: Introduction, 131 kb
• Chapter Two: Usual Intake of Food Energy and Nutrients, 83 kb
• Chapter Three: Healthy Eating Index Scores and Usual Intake of Dietary Fiber, 85 kb
• Chapter Four: Other Measures of Nutritional Status, 76 kb
• Chapter Five: Health-Related Behaviors, 74 kb
• Chapter Six: Health Status, Conditions, and Risks, 68 kb
• Chapter Seven: Access to Health Care Services, 45 kb
• References, 45 kb
• Appendix A: NHANES-III Data Files, 184 kb
• Appendix B: Reference Standards, 469 kb
• Appendix C: Statistical and Reporting Guidelines, 88 kb
• Appendix D: Detailed Tables, 838 kb

• Entire report, 2,068 kb

1. Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 1, Research Design, FANRR-19-1

2. Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 2, Data Sources, FANRR-19-2

3. Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 3, Literature Review, FANRR-19-3

4. Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 4, Executive Summary of the Literature Review, FANRR-19-4

5. Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations: Volume II, WIC Participants and Nonparticipants, E-FAN-04-014-2

6. Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations: Volume III, School-Age Children, E-FAN-04-014-3

7. Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations: Volume IV, Older Adults, E-FAN-04-014-4

Updated date: December 1, 2004