Add to ORKGOverparticipation in government programs often receives much publicity, while the question of underparticipation by those eligible is seldom addressed. It is hypothesized that participation rates and reasons for nonparticipation among eligibles are related to household characteristics and county-level variables. A random cluster sample of 251 households in three randomly selected, rural, low-income Alabama counties was surveyed in August and September, 1981. Data analyzed deal with the utilization of food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, and county health services. It is estimated that needy nonparticipants among eligibles in food stamps are about 22 percent; in Medicaid about 46 percent; in Medicare about 19 percent; and in county health servic...
This study builds on a one-year pilot project conducted in a single county in Northern Mississippi a...
An analysis was performed on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to determine expla...
This issue brief describes how the census is conducted in rural areas, identifies some of the most d...
Overparticipation in government programs often receives much publicity, while the question of underp...
Overparticipation in government programs often receives much publicity, while the question of underp...
This exploratory study compared Alabama welfare leavers from two types of rural counties with those ...
As Congress considers reauthorization of public assistance legislation in 2002, researchers are chal...
Low-income rural housing continues be problematic for many west Alabamian families. Public and non-g...
In this brief, authors Rebecca Glauber and Andrew Schaefer provide a glimpse of the economic and dem...
ABSTRACT This exploratory study compared Alabama welfare leavers from two types of rural counties wi...
The focus of the present study is to determine the extent to which the socio-demographic variables o...
Despite a strong economy, the use of private, nonprofit food assistance is increasing. To determine ...
Low-income families face very different access to government programs depending on the states in whi...
States where a large proportion of the poor are rural residents or racial/ethnic minorities offered ...
This study examined the types and combinations of public and private assistance received by three ty...
This study builds on a one-year pilot project conducted in a single county in Northern Mississippi a...
An analysis was performed on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to determine expla...
This issue brief describes how the census is conducted in rural areas, identifies some of the most d...
Overparticipation in government programs often receives much publicity, while the question of underp...
Overparticipation in government programs often receives much publicity, while the question of underp...
This exploratory study compared Alabama welfare leavers from two types of rural counties with those ...
As Congress considers reauthorization of public assistance legislation in 2002, researchers are chal...
Low-income rural housing continues be problematic for many west Alabamian families. Public and non-g...
In this brief, authors Rebecca Glauber and Andrew Schaefer provide a glimpse of the economic and dem...
ABSTRACT This exploratory study compared Alabama welfare leavers from two types of rural counties wi...
The focus of the present study is to determine the extent to which the socio-demographic variables o...
Despite a strong economy, the use of private, nonprofit food assistance is increasing. To determine ...
Low-income families face very different access to government programs depending on the states in whi...
States where a large proportion of the poor are rural residents or racial/ethnic minorities offered ...
This study examined the types and combinations of public and private assistance received by three ty...
This study builds on a one-year pilot project conducted in a single county in Northern Mississippi a...
An analysis was performed on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to determine expla...
This issue brief describes how the census is conducted in rural areas, identifies some of the most d...