Despite the unusually strong labor market of the late 1990s, the labor market outcomes for UI recipients--particularly exhaustees--are surprisingly poor. Notes that recipients in 1998, when compared with their counterparts a decade earlier, were less likely to have a job two years after their...

Notes that chronically ill people who are uninsured have higher out-of-pocket medical spending and are five times less likely to see a physician than their insured counterparts.

Finds food energy intake increased, intakes of most vitamins and minerals did not change much, fat intake as a percentage of food energy decreased (although absolute intakes of fat did not decline), protein intake as a percentage of food energy decreased, carbohydrate and fiber intake increased,...

Examines children's diets and finds nearly all children have adequate usual intakes for most B vitamins, but many children of all ages are at risk of inadequate intakes of folate, magnesium, zinc, and vitamins A and E. In addition, a large proportion of children have calcium intakes well below...

Summarizes the main findings from a series of other reports on the study. Concludes that centers deliver comprehensive and consistent services. Furthermore, Job Corps makes a meaningful difference in educational attainment and earnings; gains are found across most groups of students and types of...

Describes trends in expenditures on medical benefits and on program administration in the five study states and compares them to those in the nation as a whole. Notes that there is no clear evidence that the demonstrations had a dramatic impact on expenditures in any of the states. Expenditures...

Notes that slightly over half of all food stamp participants were children, 39 percent were nonelderly adults, and 10 percent were elderly people. The average monthly benefit was $158 per household; 17.2 million people (7.3 million households) received benefits in an average month. Compared with...