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Title: Poverty, Food Stamp Program Participation, and Health: Estimates from the NLSY97
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Gibson, Diane M. |
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Poverty, Food Stamp Program Participation, and Health: Estimates from the NLSY97 JCPR Working Paper No. 163, Joint Center for Poverty Research, March 2000. Also: http://www.jcpr.org/wp/WPprofile.cfm?ID=170 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Joint Center for Poverty Research Keyword(s): Endogeneity; Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Health Factors; Obesity; Poverty; Program Participation/Evaluation; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the relationship between family income, Food Stamp Program participation, and the health of youths ages 12 to 18 using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97). This chapter tests two hypotheses. The first hypothesis is that poverty is negatively related to youth health. The second hypothesis is that participation in the Food Stamp Program is associated with better health for poor youths. The measures of youth health used in this chapter are indicators of whether the youth is underweight or obese, the youth's self-reported health status, and parent-reported incidence of chronic illness in the youth. The health of the youths in the NLSY97 is analyzed using cross-sectional logistic regression models that control for current family income, the poverty history of the youth?s family, and Food Stamp Program participation, as well as other youth and family characteristics. The empirical analyses do not account for the potential endogeneity of youth health, family income, or Food Stamp receipt. |
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Gibson, Diane M. "Poverty, Food Stamp Program Participation, and Health: Estimates from the NLSY97." JCPR Working Paper No. 163, Joint Center for Poverty Research, March 2000. |