Table A-16. Characteristics of Food Stamp Households, 1980 - 1998 [In percent]
| Year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 1 | 1982 1 | 1984 1 | 1986 1 | 1988 1 | 1990 1 | 1992 1 | 1994 1 | 1996 1 | 1998 1 | |
| With Gross Monthly Income: | ||||||||||
| Below the Federal Poverty Levels..... | 87 | 95 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 91 | 90 |
| Between the Poverty Levels and 130 | ||||||||||
| Percent of the Poverty Levels............ | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Above 130 Percent of Poverty........... | 2 | * | 1 | * | * | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| With Earnings........................................ | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| With Public Assistance Income 2........... | 65 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 65 |
| With AFDC/TANF Income............... | NA | 42 | 42 | 38 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 31 |
| With SSI Income............................... | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 28 |
| With Children........................................ | 60 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 58 |
| And Female Heads of Household...... | NA | 45 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 47 |
| With No Spouse Present 3........... | NA | NA | NA | NA | 39 | 37 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 41 |
| With Elderly Members 4...................... | 23 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| With Elderly Female Heads of | ||||||||||
| Household 4..................................... | NA | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | NA | NA |
| Average Household Size........................ | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
1 Data were gathered in August in the years 1980-84 and during the summer in the years from 1986 to 1994. Reports from 1995 to the present are based on fiscal year averages.
2 Public assistance income includes AFDC, SSI, and general assistance.
3 In 1996 female heads of household with children whose spouse is present comprised about 7 percent of all female heads of household with children.
4 Elderly members and heads of household include those age 60 or older.
* Less than 0.5 percent.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis, Nutrition, and Evaluation, Characteristics of Food Stamp Households, Fiscal Year 1998 and earlier years.
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