The Impact Of The April 1992 Civil Unrest On The Los Angeles Rei Wic Program And Its Participants

Golden, R E; Baranov, M S

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The Impact Of The April 1992 Civil Unrest On The Los Angeles Rei Wic Program And Its Participants

09/01/1994
By Golden, R E ; Baranov, M S
Source: Public Health Rep. 109(5):606-614

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This paper discusses the findings of a study conducted in south central Los Angeles in August 1992 among women in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The goals of the study were to determine the current demographics of WIC participants; examine the financial hardship, need for relief services, and extent of hunger resulting from the civil unrest of April 1992; look at the effects of the unrest on different ethnic groups; determine the unmet need for WIC services; and evaluate the State and local WIC responses to the unrest. The 1,189 respondents were approximately 77 percent Latina, 20 percent African American, and 3 percent white. Half or more were recent immigrants, 19 percent were pregnant and parenting adolescents, 74 percent were school dropouts, and 56 percent were single mothers. Only 1 percent had any problems using WIC vouchers after the unrest, although more than half of their grocery stores had closed. Thirty-five percent experienced food deficits in their households, and 33 percent of those who applied for emergency food stamps had trouble getting them. Four percent said their children had gone to bed hungry in the last week, and 9 percent said they, the respondents, had as well. Only 2 percent needed shelter, and 1 percent became homeless, but 6 percent had family members who lost jobs due to the unrest. This study suggests that the chronically substandard conditions under which many families in south central Los Angeles live affect them more profoundly than did the dramatic consequences of the civil unrest.
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Adolescent Adult Child, Preschool Child Welfare Civil Disorders Demography Female Food Services Health Services Needs And Demand Humans Hunger Infant Maternal Welfare Poverty Areas Socioeconomic Factors Urban Population
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Public Health Rep. 109(5):606-614
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7938380
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U.S. Department of Agriculture ; U.S. Department of Agriculture

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North America
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109
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5
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