Food Access, Program Participation, and Health: Research Using FoodAPS. (21st May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bitler, Marianne P.; Gregory, Christian
• Is Part Of: Southern economic journal. Volume 86:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 9
• Page End: 17
• Publication Date: 2019-05-21
• Subjects: H51 -- H52 -- I38; Southern States -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Economics -- Periodicals; Economic history; Economics; Southern States; Periodicals; 330.975005
• DOI: 10.1002/soej.12343
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0038-4038

Abstract

Abstract : This piece is an introduction to the symposium on Food Access, Program Participation, and Health: Research using FoodAPS. The symposium includes articles presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Food Security on December 7 and 8, 2017. The research herein was supported by the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, grant number 59‐5000‐5‐0115. The grant included funding to study the effects of various food assistance programs on outcomes, using data from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS). We describe the programs and the FoodAPS data, and point out highlights from the articles.