Abstract
Two rounds of interviews were conducted with low-income women in 3 Upstate rural South Carolina counties to address the concept of welfare reform and the effect on women's lives. Interviews were conducted at the beginning and end of a resource cycle in 2001 and 2003 on general well-being, food security, and nutrition status. Nutritional status was assessed at the first interview through height, weight, and body mass index as well as 24-hour recall. The data indicate very little difference between food stamp and non-food stamp participants. Both groups consumed diets that were less than adequate. Statistically the body mass index did not change.