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2010 Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2006 - 2010
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PRI_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Mar 29, 2019
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Food stamp recipiency (PR2010A_FOODSTMP)

Data file: PRI2010_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 264
End: 264
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 7 - 14 were asked of all households.]</p>

<p><span class="em">12. In the past 12 months, did anyone in this household receive Food Stamps or a Food Stamp benefit card?</span><div class="i1">Include government benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Do not include WIC or the National School Lunch Program.<br /><br />[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether anyone in the household received Food Stamps (now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) at any time in the past 12 months.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2010: Occupied housing units and group quarters [discrepancies: none]

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