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Resource Abstract:
- description: The SNAP Policy Database provides a central data source for information on State policy options in the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The database includes information on State-level SNAP policies relating to eligibility
criteria, recertification and reporting requirements, benefit issuance methods, availability of online applications, use of
biometric technology (such as fingerprinting), and coordination with other low-income assistance programs. Data are provided
for all 50 States and the District of Columbia for each month from January 1996 through December 2011. The information in
this database can facilitate research on factors that influence SNAP participation and on SNAP's effects on a variety
of outcomes, such as health and dietary intake. More specifically, the database can be used to: - Describe the differences
in the State-level administration of SNAP and trends in the adoption of specific State-level SNAP policies, - Examine how
State policies affect household-level participation in SNAP, and - Estimate the effect of SNAP participation on outcomes such
as health and food spending by combining this data with nationally representative survey data. The SNAP Policy Database provides
a potentially exogenous source of variation in program participation and can be used in instrumental variables estimation
techniques.; abstract: The SNAP Policy Database provides a central data source for information on State policy options in
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The database includes information on State-level SNAP policies relating
to eligibility criteria, recertification and reporting requirements, benefit issuance methods, availability of online applications,
use of biometric technology (such as fingerprinting), and coordination with other low-income assistance programs. Data are
provided for all 50 States and the District of Columbia for each month from January 1996 through December 2011. The information
in this database can facilitate research on factors that influence SNAP participation and on SNAP's effects on a variety
of outcomes, such as health and dietary intake. More specifically, the database can be used to: - Describe the differences
in the State-level administration of SNAP and trends in the adoption of specific State-level SNAP policies, - Examine how
State policies affect household-level participation in SNAP, and - Estimate the effect of SNAP participation on outcomes such
as health and food spending by combining this data with nationally representative survey data. The SNAP Policy Database provides
a potentially exogenous source of variation in program participation and can be used in instrumental variables estimation
techniques.
Citation
- Title SNAP Policy Database.
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- creation Date
2018-02-04T00:02:58.457479
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2018-08-06T22:26:45Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T22:26:45Z
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- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
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Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
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2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:a72f80c7-ed84-489c-93e4-8d09f0829632
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)