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Urban/Metropolitan Status and Responses to Three Child Food Security Questions (15.4.2)

The results in Table 15.4.1 are supported in Table 15.4.2 by an analysis of the numbers of affirmative answers given in the three questions.

Table 15.4.2
URBAN/METROPOLITAN STATUS AND RESPONSES TO THREE CHILD FOOD SECURITY QUESTIONS

		Urban/Metropolitan Status
	All Client Households with One or More Children Younger than 18	Center City	Metro, not Center City	Nonmetro
No affirmative answers	69.2%	74.2%	68.7%	67.8%
One affirmative answer	13.6%	12.4%	13.2%	14.3%
Two affirmative answers	8.4%	5.3%	9.9%	8.6%
Three affirmative answers	8.8%	8.1%	8.2%	9.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	17,029	3,831	5,449	7,749

Notes:
In calculating percentages and sample sizes, we excluded item nonresponses to all variables involved.

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 6) at the 1% level.

Findings presented in Table 15.4.2 include:

• Among the client households served at the programs at center cities, 74.2% provided no affirmative answers to questions indicating food insecurity of the children in the household.  The corresponding figures for the ones served at suburban areas (metropolitan areas outside center cities) and those served at nonmetropolitan areas are 68.7% and 67.8%, respectively.