Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Dietary Status: An Appraisal

Morgan, Karen

doi:10.2307/1241884

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“…The empirical literature provides conclusive evidence that family income is a major determinant of food insecurity (Morgan 1986). For example, Dunifon and Kowaleski-Jones (2003) found that families' socioeconomic status was significantly associated with food insecurity measures.…”

Section: Ses Food Insecurity Parental Psychological Resources and mentioning

confidence: 99%

Food Insecurity and Adjustment Problems in a National Sample of Adolescents1

Ashiabi¹,

O'Neal²

2007

Journal of Children and Poverty

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This study examined a structural equation model of the associations among food insecurity, parental emotional distress, quality of parenting, and adolescents' adjustment problems, controlling for socioeconomic status (SES), sex, and race/ethnicity. Additionally, we examined the relative effects of food insecurity, SES, parental emotional distress, and quality of parenting on adjustment problems. A sample of 11,139 12 Á17-year-olds selected from the 2002 National Survey of American Families data set were used. The results revealed the following: first, the model exhibited a reasonable fit to the data. Second, heightened food insecurity was associated with increased parental emotional distress, poor quality of parenting, and increased adjustment problems. Third, increased parental emotional distress was associated with poor quality of parenting and with higher levels of adjustment problems; and better quality of parenting was associated with lower levels of adjustment problems. Fourth, food insecurity had an indirect effect on adjustment problems through its effect on parental emotional distress and quality of parenting. Finally, parental emotional distress and quality of parenting had stronger total effects on adjustment problems than did food insecurity. The implications of these findings for policy are also discussed.

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Section: Ses Food Insecurity Parental Psychological Resources and mentioning

confidence: 99%

Food Insecurity and Adjustment Problems in a National Sample of Adolescents1

Ashiabi¹,

O'Neal²

2007

Journal of Children and Poverty

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“…Although income is a major determinant of household food expenditures, establishing a link between income level and nutrition in developing countries is not always easy (Berg, 1973;Morgan, 1986). In some studies, the range of economic status may be insufficient to detect income effects on nutrition.…”

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Household economic strategies and food expenditure patterns in rural Mexico: Impact on nutritional status of preschool children

Kaiser

Dewey

1991

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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This paper examines the nutritional impact of 1) household economic strategies (source of income, women's contribution to income, and subsistence production) and 2) resource allocation patterns. In a survey of 178 rural Mexican households, the following were recorded during winter and summer: 1) income by source and earner; 2) gifts and loans; 3) agricultural production and expenses; 4) household food use; 5) non-food purchases; 6) household composition; and 7) anthropometric indices and morbidity of preschoolers. The proportion of income from migrant remittances was negatively related to wtfor-age. Subsistence production was positively associated with arm circumference. The proportion of the food budget allocated to milk was positively related to wt-for-age and ht-for-age, while the proportion for traditional foods was negatively related to triceps skinfold and arm circumference. Neither cash cropping nor women's income was related to nutritional status of preschoolers. These results indicate that household economic strategies, independently of income, influence nutritional status.

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“…Participants receive an average monthly benefit of $227 per household or $101 per person (United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service [USDA-FNS], 2010a). Previous research found that participation in SNAP is effective at increasing food expenditures and nutrient availability (e.g., Morgan, 1986;Levedahl, 1995). However, studies have also found a positive effect of SNAP participation on obesity (e.g., Gibson, 2003;Chen et al, 2005;Baum, 2007).…”

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Improving Food Choices Among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Recipients

2011

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We used a principal-agent framework to examine the feasibility of two proposed modifications to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program with the goal of encouraging healthier food choices among program participants. Specifically, we analyzed two types of contract: a restricted contract and an incentive contract. The restricted contract did not allow the purchase of unhealthy foods with program benefits, but compensated participants by increasing total benefits. The incentive contract provided increased benefits that varied according to the percentage of healthy foods purchased with program benefits. The theoretical results revealed the mechanisms for the two alternative contracts, the conditions under which each would be effective, and the key empirical questions to be examined for future policy analysis.

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Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Dietary Status: An Appraisal

Cited by 19 publications

References 22 publications

Food Insecurity and Adjustment Problems in a National Sample of Adolescents1

Food Insecurity and Adjustment Problems in a National Sample of Adolescents1

Household economic strategies and food expenditure patterns in rural Mexico: Impact on nutritional status of preschool children

Improving Food Choices Among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Recipients

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