| Autor: |
Robert B. Nielsen, Swarn Chatterjee, Steven Garasky |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
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| Zdroj: |
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal. 39:137-151 |
| ISSN: |
1077-727X |
| DOI: |
10.1111/j.1552-3934.2010.02052.x |
| Popis: |
Resource-constrained families face difficult choices when attempting to meet their basic needs and enhance their health and wellness. This research investigated the relationship between a family’s efforts to access enough food and pay their medical bills through an examination of data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The data provided information on out-of-pocket medical expenditures and responses to an abbreviated version of the U.S. Department of Agriculture food insecurity module for nearly 50,000 people in more than 16,000 U.S. families. A two-stage probit-least squares procedure accounted for the endogeneity of food and medical care expenditures, providing insight into the decisions that families make when allocating resources to food and medical care. The results indicated that the probability of experiencing food insecurity increased as out-of-pocket medical expenditures increased. Notably, there was no evidence for the reverse relationship—food security status did not affect medical expenditures. The results suggest that programs that seek to help families reduce out-of-pocket medical costs may indirectly improve access to food and nutrition. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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