• About the Study
• Methodology
  • Instrument Development
  • Training
  • Agency Survey
  • Client Survey
  • Response Rates
  • Analysis Methods
  • Reporting Conventions
  • Degree of Comparability
  • Number of A2H Clients Served
    • Background and Limitations
    • Overview of Findings
    • Estimates of Number of Pantries
    • Estimate of Number of Pantry Clients
    • Number of Kitchens
    • Different Clients Served By Kitchens
    • Shelters and Shelter Clients
    • Estimates of Different Clients
    • Discussion of Participation Estimates
• Key Findings
• Who We Serve
• How We Serve
• Local Picture
• Snapshot Comparisons
• Media Center

Number of A2H Clients Served (4)

A key factor in assessing the size and contribution of the America’s Second Harvest Network is to estimate the number of people the network’s emergency food providers serve. Estimates of the numbers of different types of providers in the network are also of great interest. Such estimates are derived in this chapter.

We present both weekly and annual estimates of the number of different people served. In both types of estimates, our objective is to gauge the number of people served food at any time in the period covered. That is, we wish to estimate the number of people ever served at least once in a typical week and the number served at least once in the past year. Our weekly estimates are based largely on the analysis weights calculated using the survey sampling design and accounting for nonresponse or non-cooperation at each survey stage (agencies, programs and clients). For the annual results, additional extrapolation across the year is needed, as described below.