Reasons Why Clients or Their Households are not Currently Receiving Food Stamps, For Those Who Have Applied (7.3)
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Clients who have applied but are not currently receiving food stamps were asked why this is so. Results are shown in Table 7.3.1.
Table 7.3.1
REASONS WHY CLIENTS OR THEIR HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY
RECEIVING FOOD STAMPS, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED
Reasons Why Clients or Their Households Are Not Currently Receiving Food Stamps, for Those Who Have Applied for Food Stamps a |
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
Factors associated with eligibility |
|
|
|
|
Ineligible income level |
44.2% |
35.2% |
22.4% |
40.7% |
Change of household makeup |
3.7% |
4.3% |
5.0% |
3.9% |
Time limit for receiving the help ran out |
5.5% |
9.5% |
8.3% |
6.5% |
Citizenship status |
1.0% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.8% |
SUBTOTAL b |
52.6% |
46.0% |
34.6% |
49.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
Factors associated with program access and operation |
|
|
|
|
Too much hassle |
16.1% |
16.4% |
12.0% |
15.8% |
Hard to get to food stamp office |
5.9% |
5.4% |
7.2% |
5.9% |
SUBTOTAL |
19.2% |
19.9% |
18.2% |
19.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
Factors associated with need |
|
|
|
|
No need for benefits |
5.4% |
9.1% |
6.0% |
6.1% |
Others need benefits more |
2.2% |
5.1% |
3.3% |
2.8% |
Need is only temporary |
3.6% |
5.9% |
5.9% |
4.2% |
SUBTOTAL |
9.4% |
14.8% |
14.0% |
10.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
Other reasons c |
24.0% |
26.9% |
31.1% |
25.2% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Clients who have applied for but are not currently receiving food stamps |
12,553 |
3,824 |
1,589 |
17,966 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to
Question 35 of the client survey
.
Notes:
All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3
and in the Technical Appendix
volume to represent all emergency food clients of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
Missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 4.8% for pantry clients, 4.0% for kitchen clients, 7.6% for shelter clients, and 4.9% for all clients.
a Multiple responses were accepted.
b The subtotal in this table indicates the percentage of people who provided one or more component items as their responses; thus it may differ from the sum of component items.
c This includes “waiting” and “in progress.”
Other findings include:
- Overall, 49.8% of the clients believe that they are not receiving food stamps because they are not eligible.
- 19.2% are not receiving food stamps because it is too much hassle.
- 10.8% are not receiving food stamps either because there is no need or because they think others would need the benefits more.
