Half of US kids on food stamps during childhood
Posted November 3rd, 2009 by Tara Murray in Children and Adolescents, PSID, Poverty and Income InequalityA study using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) found that nearly half of American children and 90% of black kids will be on food stamps at some point. See the Associated Press story.
Source: Rank, M.R., & Hirschl, T.A. (2009). Estimating the Risk of Food Stamp Use and Impoverishment During Childhood. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 163(11):994-999.
