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  • 标题:Competing Forces Affect Food Prices for Low-Income Households
  • 作者:Phil Kaufman ; Steven M. Lutz
  • 期刊名称:Food Review - Washington
  • 印刷版ISSN:1056-327X
  • 出版年度:1997
  • 卷号:20
  • 期号:2
  • 出版社:Superintendent of Documents - GPO
  • 摘要:Whether poor households pay more or less for food than other households is a recurring policy question. Many Federal food-assistance programs are designed to provide lowincome and other needy people with the financial means to select nutritious diets. For example, the amount of a household¡¯s monthly food stamp allotment is based on the cost of USDA¡¯s Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), a market basket of suggested amounts of foods that make up a nutritious diet and can be purchased at a relatively low cost. The cost of the TFP is based on the actual food prices paid by low-income households. The food stamp allotment is adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index for specific foods within the TFP market basket.
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