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    • SNAP Policy Data Sets

    Metadata Updated: November 10, 2020

    The SNAP Policy Database provides a central data source for information on State policy options in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The database includes information on State-level SNAP policies relating to eligibility criteria, recertification and reporting requirements, benefit issuance methods, availability of online applications, use of biometric technology (such as fingerprinting), and coordination with other low-income assistance programs. Data are provided for all 50 States and the District of Columbia for each month from January 1996 through December 2011.

    The information in this database can facilitate research on factors that influence SNAP participation and on SNAP's effects on a variety of outcomes, such as health and dietary intake. More specifically, the database can be used to:

    • Describe the differences in the State-level administration of SNAP and trends in the adoption of specific State-level SNAP policies,
    • Examine how State policies affect household-level participation in SNAP, and
    • Estimate the effect of SNAP participation on outcomes such as health and food spending by combining this data with nationally representative survey data. The SNAP Policy Database provides a potentially exogenous source of variation in program participation and can be used in instrumental variables estimation techniques.

    Access & Use Information

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

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/snap-policy-database/about-the-database.aspx

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Publisher Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
    Maintainer
    Identifier USDA-ERS-00089
    Data First Published 2019-08-20
    Data Last Modified 2019-08-20
    Public Access Level public
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    Homepage URL http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/snap-policy-database.aspx
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 005:041
    Related Documents http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/snap-policy-database/about-the-database.aspx
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