Food for Thought: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of the National School Lunch Program Público
Schechter, Elizabeth Ann (2016)
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Abstract
This paper assesses whether National School Lunch Program participation results in different health and academic effects compared to non-participants. Using the most recent data from the 2010 cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, I employ statistical methods to compare the BMIs and test scores of program participants to non-participants. National School Lunch Program participation results in higher BMIs and lower academic test scores, on average. The results hold true, even when controlling for a variety of background variables. These results confirm that children who receive a school provided lunch experience different outcomes than those who do not receive a school lunch.
Table of Contents
Introduction - 1
Literature Review - 5
Context - 5
Academic Effects - 7
Health Effects - 8
Methods - 13
Data - 13
Variables - 16
Bivariate Correlation - 18
Child BMI - 21
Child Reading Score - 24
Child Math Score - 25
Child Science Score - 26
Discussion - 27
Bibliography - 32
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