Data on Managed Care Reported by Researchers at University of California Berkeley (Welfare Program Participation Among Us Farmworkers Evidence From Three National Surveys): Managed Care

2026 JUL 31 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics, Law & Government Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in Managed Care. According to news reporting from Berkeley, California, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study examines US farmworker participation in social safety net programs, providing the first comprehensive comparison across the National Agricultural Workers Survey, the American Community Survey, and the Current Population Survey. We measure levels, trends, and predictors of farmworker participation rates in six programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance (UI), the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program (NSLP), and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).”

Financial supporters for this research include Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of California Berkeley, “Across surveys, we find that participation rates among income-eligible farmworker households are consistently highest for Medicaid (71%-79%) and the EITC (75%) and lowest for UI (21%). We evaluate how survey design and data collection methodologies shape these estimates through question wording, farmworker coverage, nonresponse, and measurement error. Comparing across surveys, we identify multiple persistent predictors of participation, including citizenship, gender, age, and educational attainment.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “These findings inform targeted outreach and policy interventions to enhance participation among US farmworkers and mitigate health and economic disparities.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Welfare Program Participation Among Us Farmworkers Evidence From Three National Surveys. Food Policy, 2026;142. Food Policy can be contacted at: Elsevier Sci Ltd, 125 London Wall, London, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Food Policy - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/food-policy/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Alexandra E. Hill, University of California Berkeley, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Berkeley Giannini Hall 3310, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States. Additional authors for this research include Elizabeth C. A. Saunders, Sarah C. Whitnall and Timothy K. M. Beatty.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103111. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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