Johnson F C, Hotchkiss D R, Mock N B, McCandless P, Karolak M
Tulane University, USA.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 1999 Aug;10(3):298-312. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0609.
This study tests the hypotheses that the participation in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Food Stamp programs has a positive impact on children's nutritional status, after controlling for other potentially important household- and individual-level characteristics. The analysis is based on the responses of a health facility survey of 246 pairs of low-income mothers and children in New Orleans. The results indicate that participation in the AFDC and Food Stamp programs is associated with increased anthropometric status of children, but the foods consumed by children in families receiving welfare benefits were of significantly lower nutritional value than foods consumed by other children. Among the study's conclusions are the following: (1) in this low-income setting, AFDC and Food Stamp benefits are associated with higher food expenditures, higher anthropometric levels, but inferior diets, and (2) female-headed households spend more on food expenditures than other households, after controlling for other individual- and household-level characteristics.
在控制其他可能重要的家庭和个人层面特征后，参与抚养儿童家庭援助计划（AFDC）和食品券计划对儿童营养状况有积极影响。该分析基于对新奥尔良246对低收入母亲和儿童进行的健康设施调查的回应。结果表明，参与AFDC和食品券计划与儿童人体测量状况的改善有关，但接受福利救济家庭的儿童所消费的食物营养价值明显低于其他儿童。该研究的结论如下：（1）在这种低收入环境中，AFDC和食品券福利与更高的食品支出、更高的人体测量水平相关，但饮食质量较差；（2）在控制其他个人和家庭层面特征后，女性当家的家庭在食品支出上比其他家庭花费更多。
