Rauschenbach B S, Frongillo E A, Thompson F E, Andersen E J, Spicer D A
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
Am J Public Health. 1990 Jan;80(1):57-60. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.1.57.
We studied the dependency of persons on soup kitchens in Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Westchester County, New York. Seventeen percent of the meal recipients were homeless, 62 percent lived in apartments or houses, 20 percent were working, 40 percent were women, and 17 percent had a child in their household. Fifty-nine percent started eating at the soup kitchen more than a year ago, and 51 percent ate five or more meals at soup kitchens in the last week. Most reported they came to the soup kitchen because of economic problems or lack of food; 93 percent had incomes below the poverty threshold. Most used some government food program; 48 percent received food stamps. Utilization of soup kitchens and other programs differed between men and women and between households with and without children.
我们研究了纽约州奥尔巴尼、布法罗、罗切斯特、锡拉丘兹和韦斯特切斯特县依赖施粥处的人群情况。接受膳食的人群中，17%无家可归，62%居住在公寓或房屋中，20%有工作，40%为女性，17%的家庭中有孩子。59%的人一年多以前就开始在施粥处就餐，51%的人上周在施粥处吃了五顿或更多顿饭。大多数人表示，他们去施粥处是因为经济问题或食物短缺；93%的人收入低于贫困线。大多数人使用了一些政府食品项目；48%的人领取食品券。男性与女性之间以及有孩子和没有孩子的家庭之间，在施粥处和其他项目的使用情况上存在差异。
