Amount of Food Served on the Day the Program Was Last Open
Agencies were asked how much food their programs distributed when they were last open. Results are presented in Table 11.2.1.
Table 11.2.1
AMOUNT OF FOOD SERVED ON THE DAY THE PROGRAM WAS LAST OPEN
|
Pantry Programs |
Kitchen Programs |
Shelter Programs |
|---|---|---|---|
Programs that distributed the following |
|
|
|
1-9 |
19.7% |
5.8% |
17.6% |
10-29 |
24.6% |
12.4% |
19.2% |
30-49 |
14.5% |
14.4% |
15.2% |
50-99 |
18.4% |
25.4% |
21.4% |
100-149 |
8.3% |
15.0% |
8.4% |
150-199 |
4.3% |
8.0% |
5.3% |
200-249 |
2.8% |
5.5% |
2.6% |
250 or more |
7.4% |
13.4% |
10.4% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
18,436 |
4,514 |
2,704 |
|
|
|
|
Average number of bags or boxes of food distributed, among valid responses b |
81 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Median number of bags or boxes of food distributed, among valid responses b |
32 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
Average number of meals served, among valid responsesb |
n.a. |
137 |
77 |
Median number of meals served, among valid responsesb |
n.a. |
76 |
42 |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
13,222 |
2,976 |
1,607 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to
Question 6c of the agency survey
.
Notes:
The percentages presented in this table are based only on
usable responses, excluding missing, don’t know, and refusal responses.
All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3
and in the Technical Appendix
volume to represent all emergency food programs of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
Missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 31.3% for pantry programs, 35.4% for kitchen programs, and 42.5% for shelter programs.
a For pantries and kitchens, responses greater than 1,000 bags or boxes distributed or meals served were recoded as 1,000 bags or boxes distributed or meals served. For shelters, responses greater than 300 meals served were recoded as 300 meals served.
b Zeros as responses were not included as valid responses for calculating the average and the median.
n.a. = not applicable.
Emergency food programs vary greatly in size. Some programs served several people and others several hundred people when they were last open. On average, the pantry programs distributed 81 boxes/bags (median: 32) of food when they were last open. The kitchen programs distributed 137 meals (median: 76) and the shelter programs distributed 77 meals (median: 42). Details follow:
- 19.7% of the pantries and 17.6% of the shelters distributed 1 to 9 boxes or bags on the day they were last open.
- 57.4% of the pantries and 55.7% of the shelters distributed 10 to 99 boxes or bags on the day they were last open.
- 10.3% of the pantries and 12.9% of the shelters distributed 200 or more boxes or bags on the day they were last open.
- 14.2% of the kitchens served more than 200 people on the day they were last open.