Economic hardships have far-reaching implications for families with children, impacting their well-being and development during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has led to household financial problems following job loss and reduced income. As parents or caregivers face financial difficulties, children...
Budgeting for School Supplies Lesson A lesson for students on budgeting for school supplies, focusing on understanding financial priorities, tracking expenses, and implementing cost-saving strategies. They begin by identifying their financial starting point, recognizing income sources such as allowances, sa...
This may be most informative for programs in higher-income countries, where it may be more likely that households take up a free meal because the meal site is conveniently located and offers other potentially beneficial programming, rather than because they are food insecure. However, targeting on...
Participating households receive an electronic benefits transaction (EBT) card that can be used to purchase most groceries items (excluding hot-at-the-point-sale goods), and the amount of benefit varies across households based on the household composition, and net income (i.e. household income ...
Conclusions CO-CSA plus nutrition education for low-income caregivers and their children improved household food security and caregiver attitudes and self-efficacy. Attitude and self-efficacy but not food security effects were maintained post-intervention, indicating both the promise and limitations of ...
In the current study, we aim to understand how residential location is related to the environmental load of household consumption, when differences in income level and household characteristics are kept equal. We explore the spatial variation in CO2 emissions of different consumption clusters in ...
The study revealed that the income, electricity price, number of rooms in house, weather conditions, and education level of household head are important determinants of household energy demand in the Peshawar district. The study also found that electricity price matters for the consumers with the ...
Concerns about the impact of acculturation on their children may exacerbate the dynamic in which low-income parents provide sugary treats to their children to offset the challenges of poverty [14]. Epidemiological research suggests that greater consumption of processed foods in general is associated ...