@article{Allin:338578,
      recid = {338578},
      author = {Allin, Susan and Beebout, Harold },
      title = {Determinants of Participation in the Food Stamp Program:   A Review of the  Literature },
      address = {1989-11},
      number = {1962-2023-1134},
      series = {Current Perspectives on Food Stamp Program Participation},
      pages = {80},
      year = {1989},
      note = {MPR Project Number: 7725-200 --- FNS Contract Number:  53-3198-7-31 --- A product of Mathematica Policy Research,  Inc.  [for the] Office of Analysis and Evaluation, Food and  Nutrition Service (FNS).},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the Executive Summary:  While it is  unreasonable to expect that all eligible households will  participate in the Food Stamp Program (FSP), the level of  participation among eligible households, or the  participation rate, has become a commonly used criterion  for evaluating the performance of social programs.  Recent  studies based on the best available data estimate that 60  percent of eligible households participate in the FSP.  The  fact that a significant proportion of eligible households  do not participate has led to considerable interest in the  reasons for nonparticipation.  This report reviews the  literature on nonparticipation, focusing on several  specific questions:  * What are the principal reasons  eligible persons or households do not participate in the  FSP?  * How do participation rates vary across different  types of households? What are the reasons for that  variation?  * On what basis do eligible households make  their decisions regarding participation? How might changes  in program structure or operations influence those  decisions?},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/338578},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.338578},
}