Number of Pantries or Kitchens Used (9.1)
Clients were asked how many different pantries or kitchens they had used during the previous month. The results are shown in Table 9.1.1.
Table 9.1.1
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PANTRIES OR KITCHENS USED
|
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
Number of different food pantries clients or their families used during the previous month |
|
|
|
|
None |
n.a. |
54.8% |
72.2% |
14.0% |
One or more pantries |
|
|
|
|
1 pantry |
82.0% |
28.6% |
16.3% |
68.6% |
2 pantries |
13.5% |
9.9% |
6.6% |
12.4% |
3 pantries |
3.0% |
4.8% |
2.2% |
3.2% |
4 pantries |
0.9% |
1.2% |
1.1% |
0.9% |
5 or more pantries |
0.7% |
0.7% |
1.6% |
0.8% |
SUBTOTAL |
100.0% |
45.2% |
27.8% |
86.0% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
Number of different soup kitchens clients or their families used during the previous month |
|
|
|
|
None |
85.4% |
n.a. |
50.4% |
68.6% |
One or more kitchens |
|
|
|
|
1 kitchen |
10.2% |
76.6% |
27.1% |
22.5% |
2 kitchens |
2.6% |
14.3% |
11.9% |
5.2% |
3 kitchens |
1.0% |
5.7% |
4.9% |
2.1% |
4 kitchens |
0.3% |
1.8% |
2.8% |
0.7% |
5 or more kitchens |
0.5% |
1.7% |
2.9% |
0.9% |
SUBTOTAL |
14.6% |
100.0% |
49.6% |
31.4% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
37,986 |
10,667 |
4,225 |
52,878 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to
questions 56 and 57 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.
For pantries used, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 2.9% for pantry clients, 3.8% for kitchen clients, 5.2% for shelter clients, and 3.2% for all clients.
For kitchens used, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 3.3% for pantry clients, 3.3% for kitchen clients, 3.5% for shelter clients, and 3.3% for all clients.
n.a. = not applicable.
Among the pantry clients, 82.0% used just one food pantry during the previous month. More information on the clients’ use of the emergency food programs follows:
- 76.6% of the kitchen clients used only one soup kitchen, and 45.2% also used one or more pantries.
- 27.8% of the shelter clients used one or more pantries, and 49.6% of the shelter clients also used one or more kitchens.
- 14.6% of the pantry clients also used one or more kitchens.