GOTSTAMPAMT is a 4-digit numeric variable with no implied decimals.
400: $400 or more (1993 and 1996 only)
450: $450 or more (1995 only)
500: $500 or more (1994 only)
9999: Not in Universe
Description
For persons living in families where at least one family member received food stamps at any time during the month prior to the interview, GOTSTAMPAMT reports the total value of food stamps that family member(s) in the person's family received last month.
In 1993, this question was only asked of persons who were interviewed in quarters 3 and 4.
GOTSTAMPAMT is part of the Family Resources supplement that provides information on individuals' health benefits, amount of coverage and income received from employment, welfare benefits, public assistance, and savings.
Questions in the Family Resources supplement are different from those in the core survey in terms of the content and the treatment of missing data. Questions in the Family Resources were normally asked of the month prior to the interview while the core survey asked of the last calendar year. All missing data in the Family Resources supplement were imputed by NHIS. Users can refer to the imputation flag variable GOTSTMPATFL to identify persons with imputed data.
Universe
- 1990-1992: Family reference person who live in families where at least one family member received food stamp last month
- 1993: Family reference person in quarters 3 and 4 who live in families where at least one family member received food stamp last month and who do not live in single-person or married-couple-only families whose annual income is above $20,000
- 1994-1996: Family reference person who live in families where at least one family member received food stamp last month and who do not live in single-person or married-couple-only families whose annual income is above $20,000
Availability
- 1990-1996
Weights
- 1990-1992, 1994-1996 : PERWEIGHT
- 1993 : SAMPWEIGHT
