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| Dutko, Paula; Ver Ploeg, Michele; Farrigan, Tracey L.. |
| Applying a census tract-level definition of food deserts, areas with limited access to affordable and healthy food, ERS has identified over 6,500 food desert tracts in the U.S. based on data from the 2000 Census of the Population. In this report, we examine the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of these tracts to see how they differ from other tracts. We describe the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of food desert census tracts compared with all other census tracts and how these tract characteristics have changed over time. Then, using multivariate logit analysis and data from the 1990 Census and 2000 Census, we attempt to isolate which characteristics separate food desert tracts from other low-income census tracts, to help... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123201 |
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| Farrigan, Tracey L.; Durst, Ron L.. |
| Over the past two decades, the Federal tax code increasingly has been used as a tool for achieving social and other policy objectives, primarily through the expanded use of tax credits. A larger share of rural taxpayers benefit from Federal tax policies aimed at lower income taxpayers because they have historically had lower incomes and higher poverty rates than urban households. The earned income and child tax credits have provided a substantial boost in income to low and middle-income rural taxpayers and have reduced the rural poverty rate. |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121099 |
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