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Household PulseFDBENEFIT1Economy, work, & money › Welfare & the safety netbehavior

Do you or does anyone in your household receive benefits from... Select all that apply.

Asked of: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006

Does anyone in your household receive SNAP (food stamp) benefits?

Household receives SNAP benefits · Asked in 18 waves, 2023–2024 · 1,106,676 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week55, week56, week57, week58, week59, week60, week61, week62, week63, cycle01, cycle02, cycle03, cycle04, cycle05, cycle06, cycle07, cycle08, cycle09. Version of FDBENEFIT1 first asked in week55: wording, reference period, answer options, or (for a checkbox) the option it names or whether the question offers a 'none of these' box differ from census_pulse:fdbenefit1. Select-all checkbox item. Code 1 = box checked; 0 = left unchecked by a respondent who checked another box in the same question (derived from Census's -99); -99 = saw the question and checked nothing (skipped).

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Food Stamp Program11%

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)89%

Shares in 2024

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Food Stamp Program

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)

18–29

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Food Stamp Program

Group		Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Food Stamp Program	n

Answers as the source codes them

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Food Stamp ProgramSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) Source variable FDBENEFIT1. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16	web	51,280	48,079
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 08 (2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19) Source variable FDBENEFIT1. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19	web	59,913	56,446
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable FDBENEFIT1. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22	web	70,429	62,615
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable FDBENEFIT1. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24	web	72,125	64,170
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable FDBENEFIT1. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27	web	72,162	64,041
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29)

All respondents	89%	11%	48079	±0.9
AK	90%	10%	501	±8
AL	86%	14%	736	±5
AR	91%	9%	783	±5
AZ	88%	12%	1227	±4
CA	87%	13%	3102	±4
CO	90%	10%	1206	±4
CT	91%	9%	805	±5
DC	89%	11%	561	±8
DE	92%	8%	501	±7
FL	90%	10%	1587	±4
GA	89%	11%	1079	±5
HI	86%	14%	508	±7
IA	89%	11%	762	±5
ID	93%	7%	1025	±4
IL	88%	12%	1104	±4
IN	91%	9%	868	±4
KS	93%	7%	971	±5
KY	88%	12%	746	±6
LA	82%	18%	613	±5
MA	83%	17%	1099	±4
MD	90%	10%	1081	±4
ME	90%	10%	551	±6
MI	88%	12%	1196	±4
MN	94%	6%	1007	±4
MO	90%	10%	878	±5
MS	90%	10%	639	±6
MT	93%	7%	569	±6
NC	87%	13%	809	±6
ND	94%	6%	343	±8
NE	93%	7%	825	±5
NH	89%	11%	836	±6
NJ	94%	6%	830	±5
NM	82%	18%	985	±5
NV	91%	9%	725	±5
NY	83%	17%	833	±5
OH	90%	10%	867	±5
OK	83%	17%	815	±5
OR	80%	20%	1248	±4
PA	86%	14%	1144	±5
RI	87%	13%	475	±6
SC	92%	8%	779	±5
SD	94%	6%	509	±6
TN	93%	7%	917	±5
TX	92%	8%	2301	±4
UT	94%	6%	1576	±4
VA	91%	9%	1301	±4
VT	91%	9%	424	±8
WA	90%	10%	2007	±4
WI	93%	7%	832	±5
WV	87%	13%	611	±6
WY	94%	6%	382	±9