Estimated Number of Households, By Indicators of Food Insecurity (6.2.2N)

Table 6.2.1N shows that more than 3.3 million A2H households feel that in the last 12 months, the food they bought often “just didn’t last” and they lacked money to buy more.

Table 6.2.1N
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, BY INDICATORS OF FOOD INSECURITY

	Pantry Client Households	Kitchen Client Households	Shelter Client Households	Adult Clients at All Program Sites
“The food we bought just didn’t last, and we didn’t have money to get more.” In the last 12 months, was that …?
Often true	2,757,600	333,300	183,200	3,282,400
Sometimes true	3,771,000	386,700	290,300	4,410,400
Never true	2,071,400	279,900	196,500	2,577,200

“We couldn’t afford to eat balanced meals.” In the last 12 months, was that …?
Often true	2,040,800	274,600	206,500	2,550,800
Sometimes true	3,666,500	348,900	255,900	4,213,800
Never true	2,892,800	376,500	207,500	3,505,300
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS	8,600,000	1,000,000	670,000	10,270,000

Note:
See Appendix B for the estimated number of people served in subgroups of A2H clients.

Columns in this table do not exactly add up to the column total. This discrepancy occurs because tables showing percentage distributions are weighted with the monthly weight, while the number of clients presented in this table is estimated at the annual level. Because the relationship between the monthly and annual weights varies across individuals depending on the frequency of visits to program sites, applying annual estimates to a monthly snapshot of percentage distributions results in small discrepancies in column totals.

Other findings are:

More than 4 million households indicated that it was sometimes true their food did not last.
2.6 million households said they often could not afford to eat balanced meals, and 4.2 million said this was sometimes true.