Changing SNAP-Participation Trends Among Farmworker Households in the U.S., 2003–2012

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• Personal Author:
  Leigh JP ; Medel-Herrero A
• Description:
  We investigated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation among citizen, documented and undocumented immigrant hired crop farmworkers for ten recent years. We analyzed population representative data from the National Agricultural Workers Survey for 2003-2012 (N = 18,243 households). Time-chart, simple mean differences, and logistic regressions described farmworker household participation in SNAP. The 2008 financial crisis almost doubled SNAP-participation by agriculture households (6.5% in 2003-2007 vs. 11.3% in 2008-2012). The increasing SNAP-participation was found for citizen, documented and undocumented immigrant households. We found low participation among documented (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.56-0.8) and undocumented immigrants (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.54-0.74) compared to citizens. Low odds ratios (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.55-0.89) were found for Hispanic-citizens as compared with non-Hispanic white-citizens. Our results may help inform the debate surrounding the effects of the financial crisis on SNAP-participation and on differences in participation among citizens, immigrants, Hispanics and non-Hispanics, the latter suggesting ethnic farmworker disparities in SNAP-participation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: SNAP Participation Farm Workers Farmworkers Food Stamps Immigrant Workers Nutrition Nutrition Programs And Policies Policy Socioeconomics
• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062173
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2018 Jun; 20(3):507-516
• Contact Point Address:
  Alvaro Medel-Herrero, Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Old Davis Rd., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
• Email:
  amedelherrero@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:35d3cae65e58cc61e02ef9372a67b078a3b6c7baac08873174f97d9e338a3e4a291269bf147767432aff18a2692234e928ab09310138bcfbd6e541259994c90f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225473/cdc_225473_DS1.pdf
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