A Portrait of Hunger, the Social Safety Net, and the Working Poor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6329631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maureen Berner (0000-0002-5786-3179, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Trina Ozer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sharon Paynter (North Carolina State University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 403-420 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00274.x |
| OpenAlex | W2100475066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 11 |
In a study at the largest northeastern Iowa food pantry between 2004 and 2006, we found that neither working nor accessing government benefits has a meaningful impact on lessening the odds that a person will need long‐term food assistance. In other words, the working poor are at greater risk for making recurrent visits to the food pantry than those who do not work. Pantry clients who work are more likely to have sacrificed food to pay for other life necessities. Moreover, government benefits do not seem to provide an adequate food safety net. As a result, nonprofits are experiencing increased pressure to fill the gap. If we wish to maintain the government responsibility to alleviate hunger in our country, benefits for eligible citizens must be increased or food assistance nonprofits need more government support. Otherwise we should face the fact that as an undeclared public policy, our society tolerates hunger
Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Food safety · Food security · Geography · Government (linguistics · Odds · Political science · Poverty · Public policy · Safety net · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Working poor · Engineering · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine
The Role of Food Banks in Addressing Food Insecurity
Eating in Budapest's Soup Kitchens. Versions and Aversions from the History of Public Catering (1860–1918)
Food bank operational characteristics and rates of food bank use across Britain
Voices for food
The Pathways study
Food security of food recipients of a food pantry and soup kitchen
A state-of-the-art review of working poverty in advanced economies
Multidimensional poverty among working households in South Korea
Multidimensional Measures of Poverty
God always provides”
The ‘Perfect Storm’
The association between poverty indicators and material hardship in South Korea
Working yet Poor
Examining the Underlying Values of Food Security Programming
Family meal characteristics in racially/ethnically diverse and immigrant/refugee households by household food security status
Preserving Dignity in the Face of Hunger
The role of public catering in Budapest (Hungary)
Working Men Views of Poverty
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |