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Rates Of Snap Receipt Stabilize Or Drop In All Regions For First Time Since Great Recession, Jessica A. Carson, Paul Anskat
Rates Of Snap Receipt Stabilize Or Drop In All Regions For First Time Since Great Recession, Jessica A. Carson, Paul Anskat
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This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to document rates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receipt in 2013, to track changes since the onset of the recession in 2007, and to monitor receipt by region and across rural places, suburbs, and cities. In addition, it examines levels of SNAP receipt among potentially vulnerable populations to determine how receipt has changed among these groups since the recession began. Authors Jessica A. Carson and Paul Anskat report that the share of households receiving SNAP benefits declined slightly between 2012 and 2013 from 13.6 to 13.5 percent, the first decrease …
A Transformation In Mexican Migration To The United States, Rogelio Saenz
A Transformation In Mexican Migration To The United States, Rogelio Saenz
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Author Rogelio Sáenz reveals that the shift in migration has coincided with changes in the composition of the Mexican population coming to the United States. Sáenz reports that Mexicans migrating today tend to have higher socioeconomic status than earlier migrants and more women and older individuals are migrating.