Spending at Mobile Fruit and Vegetable Carts and Using SNAP Benefits to Pay, Bronx, New York, 2013 and 2014

Breck, Andrew; Kiszko, Kamila M.; Abrams, Courtney; Elbel, Brian

doi:10.5888/pcd12.140542

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Spending at Mobile Fruit and Vegetable Carts and Using SNAP Benefits to Pay, Bronx, New York, 2013 and 2014

Published Date:

Jun 04 2015

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140542 New Site Icon

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Personal Authors:

Breck, Andrew ; Kiszko, Kamila M. ; Abrams, Courtney ; Elbel, Brian ;

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Pubmed ID:

26043302

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4456853

Description:

This study examines purchases at fruit and vegetable carts and evaluates the potential benefits of expanding the availability of electronic benefit transfer machines at Green Carts. Customers at 4 Green Carts in the Bronx, New York, were surveyed in 3 waves from June 2013 through July 2014. Customers who used Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits spent on average $3.86 more than customers who paid with cash. This finding suggests that there may be benefits to increasing the availability of electronic benefit transfer machines at Green Carts.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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Preventing Chronic Disease
CDC Public Access

Funding:

1U48DP001904-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States

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