The Influence of Food Store Access on Grocery Shopping and Food Spending
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Description
Reports on households that do not use their own vehicle to travel to a store and live more than half a mile from a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) authorized supermarket or superstore. Includes data on household sources of food, including stores, family and friends, the household's own production, food pantries, and other sources. Data is provided by distance, and the report notes that all households more than 10 miles from the nearest SNAP-authorized store and 55% of households 1-10 miles from a SNAP-authorized store are in rural areas.
Author(s)
Michele Ver Ploeg, Elizabeth Larimore, Parke Wilde
Date
10/2017
Type
Document
Organization
USDA Economic Research Service
Tagged as
Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data