Vozoris Nicholas, Davis Barbara, Tarasuk Valerie
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2.
Can J Public Health. 2002 Jan-Feb;93(1):36-40. doi: 10.1007/BF03404415.
This study assesses the affordability of a nutritious diet for households in Toronto that are supported by welfare.
For three hypothetical households, welfare incomes were compared to the monthly costs for food, shelter, and other essential expenditures in Toronto.
If households lived in market rental accommodation, average monthly incomes were insufficient to cover expenses for the single-person household and two-parent family, and barely adequate for the single-parent family considered in this study. However, the single-parent family's actual income fell below expenses for six months of the year. For households with children, the relative inadequacy of welfare increased as children grew older. Living in rent-geared-to-income housing afforded substantial financial advantage, but the welfare income of single-person households was still insufficient to meet basic needs.
These findings indicate discrepancies between welfare incomes and costs of basic needs, which may explain the vulnerability of welfare recipients to food insecurity.
本研究评估了多伦多接受福利支持的家庭购买营养饮食的经济承受能力。
针对三个假设家庭，将福利收入与多伦多食品、住房及其他基本支出的月度成本进行了比较。
如果家庭居住在市场租赁住房中，单人家庭和双亲家庭的平均月收入不足以支付开支，而本研究中的单亲家庭勉强足够。然而，单亲家庭的实际收入在一年中有六个月低于支出。对于有孩子的家庭，随着孩子年龄增长，福利相对不足的情况加剧。居住在与收入挂钩的租金住房中具有显著的经济优势，但单人家庭的福利收入仍不足以满足基本需求。
这些发现表明福利收入与基本需求成本之间存在差异，这可能解释了福利领取者易受粮食不安全影响的原因。
