Household Food Insecurity (6.1)
Clients responded to a six-item short module for classifying households by food security status level. Food security scale scores were assigned to households according to the “Guide to Measuring Household Food Security, Revised 2000.” 1
>> SEE ALSO ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, BY FOOD SECURITY STATUS (TABLE 6.1.1N)
Table 6.1.1
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
Food Security Among Clients’ Households |
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Food security among all households |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
29.8% |
30.7% |
26.1% |
29.7% |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
39.1% |
29.9% |
30.2% |
36.9% |
Food insecure with hunger |
31.1% |
39.4% |
43.7% |
33.3% |
SUBTOTAL |
70.2% |
69.3% |
73.9% |
70.3% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
37,986 |
10,667 |
4,225 |
52,878 |
Food security among households with children younger than age 18 |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
25.9% |
35.0% |
37.4% |
26.9% |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
42.4% |
37.1% |
31.5% |
41.8% |
Food insecure with hunger |
31.7% |
28.0% |
31.1% |
31.3% |
SUBTOTAL |
74.1% |
65.0% |
62.6% |
73.1% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Households with children younger than age 18 |
15,756 |
1,518 |
745 |
18,019 |
Food security among households with seniors age 65 or older |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
47.3% |
53.5% |
59.2% |
48.0% |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
36.6% |
29.4% |
29.0% |
35.8% |
Food insecure with hunger |
16.1% |
17.1% |
11.8% |
16.2% |
SUBTOTAL |
52.7% |
46.5% |
40.8% |
52.0% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Households with seniors age 65 years or older |
9,541 |
2,087 |
84 |
11,712 |
> See also the Estimated Number of Households, By Food Security Status (Table 6.1.2N)
This table was constructed based on usable responses to questions 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 47 of the client 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 clients of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
Constructed according to “Guide to Measuring Household Food Security, Revised 2000.”
For all households, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 2.1% for pantry clients, 2.3% for kitchen clients, 2.8% for shelter clients, and 2.2% for all clients.
For households with children younger than age 18, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 1.6% for pantry clients, 0.9% for kitchen clients, 0.2% for shelter clients, and 1.5% for all clients.
For households with seniors, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 2.1% for pantry clients, 7.6% for kitchen clients, 11.2% for shelter clients, and 2.8% for all clients.
According to the six-item short module, 36.9% of all client households of the emergency food programs were food insecure without hunger. Another 33.3% were food insecure with hunger. Combined, a total of 70.3% were food insecure.
- Among the client households with children younger than age 18, 41.8% were food insecure without hunger and 31.3% were food insecure with hunger.
- Among the client households with seniors age 65 years or older, 35.8% were food insecure without hunger and 16.2% were food insecure with hunger.
1 Bickel et al. March 2000.
