Rising Income among Families with Members Receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
尽管AFDC补助和食品券的实际价值下降，但1980年代中期以来，领取AFDC的家庭经济状况改善，主要由于收入增加和其他转移支付抵消了AFDC的衰减。
Although the combined value of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) guarantees and food stamps has been declining in real terms, national data from the March Current Population Survey show that the economic status of families with members receiving AFDC has improved since the mid-1980s. This pattern holds in monthly survey data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, and in expenditure data for cash welfare families with children in the Consumer Expenditure Survey. On average, earnings have increased while net taxes and other non-medical transfers have offset the decay of AFDC.