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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Food and beverage consumption and health
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Food and beverage consumption and health series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
FOOD SHOPPING PATTERNS AND GEOGRAPHIC ACCESS TO FOOD: COMPARISONS AND DATA; FOOD SHOPPING PATTERNS AND GEOGRAPHIC ACCESS TO FOOD: COMPARISONS AND DATA; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Where Do Americans Usually Shop for Food and How Do They Travel to Get There? Initial Findings from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey; Abstract; What Is the Issue?; What Did the Study Find?; How Was the Study Conducted?; Background; Data and Methods; The FoodAPS sample; Demographic Characteristics, Overall and by Subgroups; FoodAPS Data. |
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Mode of Transportation to Primary Food StoreDistance to Nearest and Primary Stores; Primary and Alternate Food Store Types; Conclusion; References; End Notes; Chapter 2: SNAP Participation, Food Security, and Geographic Access to Food; Executive Summary; A. What Are the Objectives?; B. How Was the Study Conducted?; C. What Did the Study Find?; 1. Retail Food Environment for SNAP Households; 2. SNAP Households' Food Purchase Behavior; 3. SNAP and Food Insecurity, by Geographic Access to Food; I. Introduction; II. DATA and METHODOLOGY; A. Study Design. |
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B. Outcome Measures and Explanatory Variables1. Outcome Measures; 2. Geocoding and Defining Food Access; 3. Explanatory Variables; C. Analysis Methods; III. The Retail Food Environment and Food Purchase Behavior of New-Entrant and Six-Month Snap Households; A. Retail Food Environment for SNAP Households; 1. How Far Are the Nearest SNAP Retailers?; 2. How Many SNAP Retailers Are Located Where SNAP Households Live?; B. SNAP Households' Food Purchase Behavior; 1. At What Types of Stores Do SNAP Households Buy Most of Their Groceries?; 2. Reasons Why SNAP Households Shop at a Preferred Store. |
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3. What Type of Transportation Do SNAP Households Take to the Food Store?4. What Are the Typical Travel Time and Distance to the Food Store?; IV. Associations between Geographic Food Access and Food Security; A. Food Insecurity of SNAP Households, by Geographic Access to Food Measured Using Distance to Nearest Supermarket; B. Food Insecurity of SNAP Households, by Geographic Access to Food Measured Using Number of Supermarkets in the Area; 1. Comparing Food Insecurity in High- Versus Low-Access Areas; 2. Comparing Food Insecurity in Areas With and Without a Supermarket. |
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C. Food Insecurity of SNAP Households by Geographic Access to Food Measured Using Self-Reported Distance to Store at Which Most Food is PurchasedV. Snap and Food Insecurity, by Geographic Access to Food; A. Associations between SNAP and Household Food Insecurity, by Geographic Access to Food Measured Using Distance to Nearest Supermarket; B. Associations between SNAP and Household Food Insecurity, by Geographic Access to Food Measured Using Number of Supermarkets in the Area; 1. SNAP and Food Insecurity in High- Versus Low-Access Areas. |
| Summary |
The National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) is the first survey to collect unique and comprehensive data about food purchases and acquisitions for a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. This book compares shopping patterns of (1) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households to low- and higher income nonparticipant households, (2) participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to nonparticipants, and (3) food-insecure to food-secure households. Ensuring that Americans have adeq. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grocery shopping -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Grocery shopping. |
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Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Food consumption -- United States.
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Food consumption. |
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Food supply -- United States.
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Food supply. |
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Grocery trade -- United States.
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Grocery trade. |
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Choice of transportation -- United States.
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Choice of transportation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Henderson, Mary (Editor), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Henderson, Mary. Food Shopping Patterns and Geographic Access to Food : Comparisons and Data. Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©2015 9781634831413 |
| ISBN |
9781634831420 (electronic book) |
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163483142X (electronic book) |
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9781634831413 |
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