Income and Food Security Status (15.3.4)
Households that were food insecure with or without hunger tended to have lower incomes than households that were food secure (Table 15.3.4). For instance, among households that were food insecure with hunger, 42.6% had either no income or an income below 50% of poverty, compared with only 27.9% of food secure households.
Table 15.3.4
FOOD SECURITY STATUS AND INCOME IN YEAR 2004
|
Food Security Status at Client Households |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Income in 2004 as Percentage of Federal Poverty Level |
All Client Households |
Food Secure |
Food Insecure Without Hunger |
Food Insecure with Hunger |
0% (no income) |
7.7% |
6.3% |
6.2% |
10.5% |
1%-50% |
27.1% |
21.6% |
26.7% |
32.1% |
51%-75% |
22.9% |
17.8% |
25.4% |
24.6% |
76%-100% |
15.7% |
17.2% |
17.1% |
12.8% |
101%-130% |
11.2% |
14.1% |
11.9% |
8.2% |
SUBTOTAL |
84.6% |
77.0% |
87.2% |
88.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
131%-150% |
4.5% |
6.3% |
4.0% |
3.6% |
151%-185% |
3.9% |
5.8% |
3.4% |
2.9% |
186% or higher |
6.9% |
10.9% |
5.3% |
5.3% |
SUBTOTAL |
15.4% |
23.0% |
12.8% |
11.9% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
47,836 |
13,734 |
17,819 |
16,283 |
Notes:
In calculating percentages and sample sizes, we excluded item nonresponses to all variables involved.
Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 14) at the 1% level.
Other findings include:
- In 2004, 88.1% of the client households characterized as food insecure with hunger, 87.2% of those characterized as food insecure without hunger, and 77.0% of those characterized as food secure had income less than or equal to 130% of the federal poverty level.
- In 2004, 11.9% of the client households characterized as food insecure with hunger, 12.8% of those characterized as food insecure without hunger, and 23.0% of those characterized as food secure had income more than 130% of the federal poverty level.