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Benefit Redemption Patterns in SNAP: Fiscal Year 2017

Metadata Updated: August 4, 2021

This report examines patterns of SNAP benefit redemption in Fiscal Year 2017, particularly related to the timing and amount of transactions and the rate at which households​ exhaust their benefits. Patterns in Fiscal Year 2017 are compared with findings from two similar studies conducted for Fiscal Years 2003 and 2009. This study also examines spending behaviors identified as atypical – months in which a benefit is received but the household does not make a transaction, an ending monthly balance greater than $200, and out-of-state transactions that occur beyond the state’s border counties.​

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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Metadata Created Date January 6, 2021
Metadata Updated Date August 4, 2021
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from USDA JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 6, 2021
Metadata Updated Date August 4, 2021
Publisher Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
Maintainer
Identifier USDA-FNS-142
Data First Published 2020-12-04
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2021-07-13
Rights true
Category SNAP Benefits Redemption
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 015:11
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Harvest Object Id 42119d14-993b-41ea-bac9-752ef1d8acad
Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Program Code 015:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash a04fee4a957d20e22e88fcf65211ad92bbfc814e
Source Schema Version 1.1

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