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1、ANANALYSISOFFOODSTAMPBENEFITREDEMPTIONPATTERNSOfficeofAnalysis,NutritionandEvaluationJune2006SummaryIn2003,13millionhouseholdsredeemedfoodstampbenefitsusingtheElectronicBenefitTransfer(EBT)system.TheirEBTpurchasesaccountedfor91percentofthebenefitsusedthatyear,andpro
2、videarichresourceforunderstandingredemptionandshoppingpatternsamongfoodstampparticipants.Regardlessofstateorregionofresidence,communitycharacteristics,andhouseholdcomposition,mostfoodstamprecipientsusedtheEBTsystemfrequentlyandspenttheirbenefitsquickly,leavinglittle
3、unspentattheendofeachmonth.Householdsaveragednearlyeighttransactionspermonth,mostlysmallpurchasesoflessthan$25.Purchasesweredistributedevenlyacrossdaysoftheweekandmonthsoftheyear,buttaperedoffoverweeksinthemonthlyissuancecycle.Mosthouseholdsredeemedtheirbenefitsinsu
4、permarketsandinthesamestatewheretheirbenefitswereissued.Withonlyafewexceptions,thereisrelativelylittlevariationinthesepatternsacrossstatesandregions.Onlymodestchangeinredemptionpatternsovertimeisapparent(althoughhistoricalcomparisonsarelimited).Thereisgreatervariati
5、onacrossdifferenttypesofhouseholds,butthesedifferencesappeartoberelatedtothesizeofthehouseholdbenefitasmuchasthecharacteristicsofthehousehold.Background•Identifydifferences–ifany–inredemptionpatternsacrossstates,regions,andEBTwasintroducedtotheFoodStampProgramdemogr
6、aphicgroups.in1984withademonstrationinReading,Pennsylvania.InEBTsystems,recipientsTheprojectisuniqueintwoimportantrespects.authorizetransferoftheirfoodstampbenefitstoItisthefirsttousedatafromall50states,thearetaileraccounttopayforfood.TheymakeDistrictofColumbia,andt
7、heVirginIslandstopurchasesusingaplasticcard,similartoabankcompileanationalprofileofEBTtransactions1debitcard,atpoint-of-saleterminalsinandshoppingpatterns.Itisalsothefirsttolinkauthorizedstores.Since2004,allfoodstampindividualEBTtransactionstodetailedbenefitshavebee
8、nissuedthroughEBT.ThecharacteristicsofthehouseholdthatmadethenationwideexpansionofEBT–byprovidingapurchase.Theseextensionsofpreviousresear