Summarizes the demographic and economic circumstances of food stamp households. On average, about 21.3 million people received food stamps each month in 2003. A little more than half of all food stamp households contained children, and most of these households were headed by a single parent....

Multiple-mode surveys can improve response and reduce survey error and costs. Although web surveys are an increasingly popular mode of survey administration, the full effect of web data collection on a primarily mail survey is not yet fully understood. This paper details response rates for a...

With obesity on the rise in children as well as adults, finding ways to prevent childhood obesity has become a pressing concern for both health care providers and parents. Yet, determining the best prevention method is difficult because the problem does not have a single cause and there are few...

American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages have embraced the goals, objectives, and programs associated with welfare reform, but lack of jobs limits the success of tribal programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Welfare-to-Work (WtW). Recognizing the scope and...

This final report presents descriptive findings from Mathematica's study of enrollees during the two years after they entered a welfare-to-work program. Most were TANF recipients with significant barriers to employment; although most were employed at some time during the study, many faced...

This publication reports on a worldwide survey of military health system beneficiaries, including children, conducted each year under a mandate from Congress to ensure regular monitoring of beneficiaries' satisfaction with their health care options. In 2003, the survey also addressed policy...

This report presents findings from Mathematica’s study of Ohio’s SCHIP program. The program, which focused on making Medicaid more accessible and consumer friendly, covered nearly 208,000 children in 2003. It has relied on decentralized outreach and eligibility processes managed by counties,...