• About the Study
• Methodology
• Key Findings
• Who We Serve
• How We Serve
• Local Picture
• Snapshot Comparisons
  • Selected Subgroups
    • Food Security & Income
    • Health & Food Security
    • Food Stamp Receipt
    • Having Children
    • Having Young Children
    • Seniors or Children
    • Citizenship Status
    • Children & Noncitizens
  • Income & Other Variables
  • Metropolitan Status
  • Choices
  • Food Stamp Receipt
  • Food Stamps & Food Security
  • Three Study Comparison
• Media Center

Food Security and Health (15.2.2)

Table 15.2.2 presents similar information regarding health status.

Table 15.2.2
HEALTH AND FOOD SECURITY

		Households with or Without Members in Poor Health
	All Households	With Members in Poor Health	Without Members in Poor Health
Food secure	29.7%	21.4%	33.1%
Food insecure without hunger	36.9%	39.4%	35.9%
Food insecure with hunger	33.4%	39.3%	31.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	52,016	15,747	36,269

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

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 2) at the 1% level.

The findings seem to show a significant negative correlation between food security and health status:

• Among the client households with at least one member in poor health, 21.4% are food secure; 39.3% are food insecure without hunger; and 39.3% are food insecure with hunger.
• Among the client households with no one in poor health, 33.1% are food secure; 35.9% are food insecure without hunger; and 31.0% are food insecure with hunger.
• That is, a much higher percentage of the households with members in poor health are food insecure compared with the households with no one in poor health.