caa a22 4500 397576919 CHVBK 20180308164858.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199603 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024469 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024469 Family Credit and uptake of school meals in primary school [Elektronische Daten] [Sheena M. Somerville, Roberto J. Rona, Susan Chinn, Sameena Qureshi] Background In April 1988, Family Credit families lost their right to free school meals. They were compensated by an increase in Family Credit of 65p per child per schoolday, subsequently uprated by the retail price index. Families on Income Support continued to be entitled to free school meals. The impact of this legislation on the uptake of school meals has not been documented. Methods The uptake of school meals by Family Credit and Income Support families over a decade was examined in two samples, each consisting of about 7000 English primary school children, one of ‘inner city' children and the other more representative of the whole population. Results The change in legislation resulted in an immediate drop in uptake by Family Credit children of around 30 per cent in both samples. By ethnic group, 42 per cent of the Asian Family Credit children changed from school meals compared with 10 per cent of the Afro-Caribbean children. Income Support children continued to have high uptake of about 90 per cent. By the early 1990s, half of the Family Credit children were not taking school meals, and the price of school meals was more than the allowance in 81 per cent of the areas in the representative sample, and in 45 per cent of the inner city areas. Conclusion Uptake of school meals is very sensitive to changes in welfare policy. Monitoring the impact of these changes on children's health and welfare in families with low resources continues to be an important activity. © Oxford University Press Articles nationallicence food services nationallicence schools nationallicence social security nationallicence socioeconomic factors nationallicence ethnic groups nationallicence England nationallicence Somerville Sheena M. Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut Rona Roberto J. Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut Chinn Susan Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut Qureshi Sameena Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 18/1(1996-03), 98-106 1741-3842 18:1<98 1996 18 pubmed https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024469 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024469 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Somerville Sheena M. Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rona Roberto J. Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chinn Susan Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Qureshi Sameena Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, St Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 18/1(1996-03), 98-106 1741-3842 18:1<98 1996 18 pubmed Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford