The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service asked the National Academies' Committee on National Statistics and Food and Nutrition Board to convene a panel of experts to estimate the number of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals. The panel, chaired by...

This report summarizes the College Experiences Survey data collection procedures and results. The survey was part of the College Student Attrition Project conducted by the Survey Research Center at Princeton University, an evaluation to better understand the factors associated with college...

Safety-net providers serving the nation's 39 million uninsured residents are vulnerable organizations even in good economic times, yet efforts to monitor their capacity have been limited. This study of the safety net in five cities found that capacity was strained for specialty services and...

North American employers--particularly those in the U.S.--have often been alleged to prefer layoffs to hours reductions when they respond to output or cost shocks. This research examines theoretical and empirical approaches used to assess the effects of short-time compensation (STC)--which...

This report reviews sociodemographic and dietary characteristics of individuals in each group and describes their distinct dietary patterns, as identified through a cluster analysis of dietary intake. Individuals were classified as healthy or less-healthy eaters according to their scores on the...

Presents secular trends in energy and fat intakes among youth ages 2 to 19 to assess dietary factors that may relate to observed increases in overweight prevalence. Dietary intake data collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in the 1970s compared to data collected in...