The Effects of School Food Assistance on Children’s Food Sufficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S

IF 0.9 Q3 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Poverty Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI:10.1080/10875549.2023.2259897

Kolawole Ogundari

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ABSTRACTThis study investigates the effects of school food assistance on children’s food sufficiency in the United States during the pandemic. We employed the Household Pulse Surveys (HPS) conducted by the United States Census Bureau and administered between July 21, 2021-May 9, 2022. Our outcome of interest is the household self-reported indicator of children’s food sufficiency in the last 7 days. The results show that the probability of children being food sufficient increased significantly by about 12%, 3%, 2%, and 10% among households who received school meals via School pickup, Pandemic-EBT, ate at school, and delivery at home, respectively. The effect of school food assistance on children’s food sufficiency across race and ethnic groups is mixed. While all school food assistance consistently impacts children’s food sufficiency levels among White, only school meals received via school pickup, eating on-site at school, and delivery at home impact children’s food sufficiency among Black. In contrast, only school meals received via school pickup, Pandemic-EBT, and delivery at home impact children’s food sufficiency among Asia households. We also find only school meals received via school pickup impact children’s food sufficiency levels among Hispanics and other races.KEYWORDS: Food assistancefood sufficiencypandemicschool meals Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. Phase 3.2 covers July. 21-August 2 2021, August 4–16 2021, August 18–30 2021, Sept. 1-Sept. 13 2021, and Sept. 29-Oct. 11 2021. Phase 3.3 spans Dec.1–13 2021, Dec. 29 2021-Jan. 10. 2022, and Jan. 26-Feb. 7 2022. Phase 3.4 includes March 2–14 2022, March 30- April 11 2022, and April. 27- May 9, 2022.2. EBT card is given to the recipients of supplementary nutrition assistance program (SNAP).3. We employed a probit regression model because the indicator of a household self-reported indicator of children’s food sufficiency is a binary response variable.

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美国2019冠状病毒病大流行期间学校食品援助对儿童食物充足性的影响

摘要本研究探讨了在流感大流行期间，学校食物援助对美国儿童食物充足的影响。我们采用了美国人口普查局在2021年7月21日至2022年5月9日期间进行的住户脉搏调查(HPS)。我们感兴趣的结果是过去7天内家庭自我报告的儿童食物充足指标。结果表明，通过学校接送、流行病- ebt、在学校用餐和在家配送方式获得校餐的家庭中，儿童获得充足食物的概率分别显著提高了约12%、3%、2%和10%。学校食品援助对不同种族和民族的儿童食物充足程度的影响参差不齐。虽然所有的学校食品援助都会持续影响白人儿童的食物充足程度，但只有通过学校接送、在学校现场用餐和送货上门的方式获得的学校膳食才会影响黑人儿童的食物充足程度。相比之下，在亚洲家庭中，只有通过学校接送、大流行- ebt和送货上门等方式获得的校餐才会影响儿童的食物充足程度。我们还发现，在西班牙裔和其他种族中，只有通过学校接送方式获得的校餐才会影响儿童的食物充足程度。关键词:粮食援助;粮食充足;大流行;阶段3.2涵盖2021年7月21日至8月2日，2021年8月4日至16日，2021年8月18日至30日，9月1日至9月。2021年9月13日，9月29日至10月。11 2021。阶段3.3横跨2021年12月1日至13日，2021年12月29日至2021年1月。10. 2022年1月26日至2月。2022年7。阶段3.4包括2022年3月2日至14日，2022年3月30日至4月11日，以及2022年4月27日至5月9日。EBT卡发给补充营养援助计划(SNAP)的受助人。我们采用probit回归模型，因为家庭自我报告的儿童食物充足指标的指标是一个二元响应变量。

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Journal of Poverty SOCIAL WORK-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Poverty is the first refereed journal to recognize the inequalities in our social, political, and economic structures, presenting progressing strategies that expand society"s increasingly narrow notions of poverty and inequality. The journal"s broad understanding of poverty—more inclusive than the traditional view—keeps the focus on people"s need for education, employment, safe and affordable housing, nutrition, and adequate medical care, and on interventions that range from direct practice to community organization to social policy analysis. The journal"s articles will increase your knowledge and awareness of oppressive forces such as racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia that contribute to the maintenance of poverty and inequality.