Show Food Stamp Policy Explained in Report About 44 million households or 6 per cent of ot the estimated million US U.S. households purchased food stamps in l July ly 1975 according to a new report re report report re- re port from the Bureau of the Census This figure represents a 42 per cent increase over the 31 million households receiving food stamps in May 1973 Sixty per cent of the families had annual incomes below while 5 S per cent had incomes of or more The report points out that since a households household's eligibility to buy food stamps is based on monthly month month- ly Iy income a household may have a relatively large annual income but if its income for a a. a month is below the maximum eligibility levels it may qualify to purchase food stamps |