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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Agric Econ. 2011 Jul 12;93(4):1082–1098. doi: 10.1093/ajae/aar026

Table 1.

Low-Income Households’ Food-Related Hardship and SNAP Participation, Households with Income below 150% of Poverty Thresholda

Variable All Households SNAP Participants SNAP Nonparticipants
Food Insecure 24.4% 35.6% 19.9%
Very Food Insecure 10.3% 15.4% 8.3%
SNAP Receipt 28.6% 100% 0.0%
Number of Observations 65,269 20,197 45,072

Note: All percentages are weighted.

a

Sample includes households with income below 150% of the poverty threshold who have liquid assets below $4,000, or below $5,000 if one member of the household is age 60 or older.