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FSFDSTMP
Receive SNAP (food stamps) in past year
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Description

FSFDSTMP records whether a household received benefits in the past year from the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This program is formerly known as the Food Stamps program. See FOODSTMP for more background on the SNAP program and additional SNAP data are available in other supplements from IPUMS-CPS.

This question is asked of households with non-missing income that falls below 185% of the poverty line. Beginning in 2000, households with incomes above this threshold are also asked about food assistance programs if they report running short of money for food.

Households are also asked to report the months in which they received SNAP benefits and the value of their monthly SNAP benefit (FSSTMPVAL).

This variable is part of the Food Security Supplement.

Comparability

This variable is available from 1997 forward. Prior to 1997, with the exceptions of 1976 and 1977 samples, households were only asked about benefits receipt in the past month.

For Food Stamp use at any time in in 1975, see FSFDSTMP76.

For Food Stamp use in 1976, see FSSTMPJAN, FSSTMPFEB, and FSSTMPMAR.

For Food Stamp use in the first 7 months of 1977, see FSFDSTMP77.

Universe

  • Apr 1997, Aug 1998, and Apr 1999: Households below 185 percent of the poverty line.
  • 2000-2021: Households below 185 percent of the poverty line or short of money for food.
  • Apr 2001: Households below 185 percent of the poverty line or short of money for food and are in months-in-sample 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8.
  • 2022: Households below 185 percent of the poverty line, or households that indicate they often or sometimes do not have enough to eat or have enough but not the kind of food they want to eat, or report being short of money for food and tried to make their food/food money go further in the last year.

Availability

Years Jan Feb ASEC Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1997 - - - X - - - - - - - -
1998 - - - - - - - X - - - -
1999 - - - X - - - - - - - -
2000 - - - - - - - - X - - -
2001 - - - X - - - - - - - X
2002 – 2022 - - - - - - - - - - - X

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